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Rules on Saudi Children Abroad
الضوابط الخاصة بوضع الأطفال السعوديين في الخارج من أب سعودي وأم غير سعودية
Rules on the status of Saudi children living abroad who were born to a Saudi father and a non-Saudi mother. The text is set out in 6 articles.
- Articles
- 6
- In force
- 6
- Amended
- 0
- Issued
- 3/6/1431 AH
Issued by: قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم 192 بتاريخ 3 / 6 / 1431
Each article shows the official Arabic text, which is the only legally binding version, followed by our plain-English explanation.
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Articles of the Rules on Saudi Children Abroad
- Article 1Item one requires a Saudi father to regularize the status of, and support, his children abroad born to a non-Saudi mother, and sets what the mother does if he denies them or disowns them.
- Article 2Item two confirms that the role of the Charitable Society for the Care of Saudi Families Abroad comes after the role of the Saudi missions, with cases reported through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Article 3Item three applies Council of Ministers Resolution No. (104) of 1404 AH and its implementing procedures to anyone proven to have left his children abroad through neglect.
- Article 4Item four calls for activating the Coordination Council, based at the Ministry of Interior, to decide cases of Saudi families abroad and look after their affairs.
- Article 5Item five provides that social security covers those Saudi children abroad born to a non-Saudi mother whose entitlement to it is established under the law.
- Article 6Item six provides for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be supported with researcher and social worker posts in the missions to follow up Saudi children abroad who suffer neglect or denial.