Article 14 of the Saudi Privileged Residency Law

This is the entry-into-force article, and it fixes the moment from which the Privileged Residency Permit Law begins to apply.

• When does the Law take effect? From the day after its publication in the Official Gazette, not from the day it was issued nor from the day of publication itself.
• What is the effect? From that date the Law's provisions become binding, so applications can be submitted under its conditions, and the rights, obligations and cases of cancellation it provides for apply.

The article does not give the date of publication itself, so reference should be made to the Official Gazette. Also, the Law taking effect is one thing and the issuance of its Implementing Regulations is another; Article 13 provides that the Privileged Residency Center prepares the Regulations in coordination with the relevant authorities and they are issued by decision of the Committee, and the Center issues the decisions and instructions needed to implement the Law. An example of what is referred to these Regulations is the specification of family members, as Article 1 defines family as those whom the privileged residency holder supports among spouses, children and parents "as the Regulations specify".

Anyone who wants to know which provisions apply to him should therefore look at the Law's text in force, then at the Regulations, decisions and instructions issued to implement it.