The government grants diplomatic and special passports for the purpose of providing their holders with special facilities to perform their missions or by virtue of their personal positions.

• Political passports are granted to the following persons:

  • A) Members of the royal family.

  • B) Current and former ministers and special advisors to His Majesty the King.

  • C) Ambassadors, envoys, and employees of the first-class and fifteenth rank, whether on official missions or on ordinary trips.

• All these passports shall be valid for one year and renewed annually by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or by His Majesty's representations abroad. They may be renewed up to three months before the expiration of the year, and the passport validity shall end five years from the date of issuance.

• Political passports are granted to the following persons on official missions:

  • A) Holders of political mail.

  • B) Members of the political corps.

• Special passports are granted to the following individuals:

  • A) Employees in grades eleven to fourteen covered by the General Employees Law.

  • B) Members of the administrative corps working in His Majesty's representations abroad.

  • C) Members of the political corps inside the country if they are in grade seven or above.

  • D) Former employees of the excellent and fifteenth grades.

Special passports for official missions are granted to the personnel of the Administrator in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They are also granted based on a written request from the competent Minister to employees of grade seven and above who are assigned to foreign countries for temporary official missions not exceeding six months.

The team and the brigade are granted a diplomatic passport for official missions and vacations, and a special passport upon retirement. Additionally, those holding the rank of leader or colonel are granted a special passport for official missions and vacations, while those holding the rank of captain to second lieutenant are granted a special passport for official missions.

Holders of diplomatic and special passports mentioned in Article Two, paragraph B of Article Three, and Articles Four and Six - may obtain independent passports for their wives and children of the same type as their passports, or they may request to add them to their passports. Children may also be added to the wife's passport or issued independent passports until the age of eighteen for males and until marriage for females, as long as they remain under the actual guardianship of their father.

The employees working under other ministries and appointed as attachés in Saudi diplomatic missions abroad are subject to the same regulations that apply to the employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs working abroad.

Special or diplomatic passports may be issued to employees of public institutions upon the proposal of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and the approval of the Prime Minister, based on a letter from the responsible minister in accordance with the rules of this law.

Passports of a diplomatic or special nature are granted by a decree from His Majesty the King to individuals whom he deems worthy of such grants.