The transfer is geared toward discouraging Saudi males from marrying foreigners, the report mentioned
Riyadh:
Saudi Arabia has prohibited its males from marrying ladies from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad and Myanmar, Pak newspaper Daybreak reported citing a report in Saudi media.
Based on unofficial figures, there are about 5,00,000 ladies from these 4 nations at present residing within the kingdom.
Saudi males wishing to marry foreigners now face more durable rules, says a report in Makkah each day quoting Makkah Police Director Main Normal Assaf Al-Qurashi.
The transfer is geared toward discouraging Saudi males from marrying foreigners and extra formalities have been positioned earlier than issuing permission for marriage with foreigners, the Daybreak reported.
These desirous to marry international ladies ought to first acquire the consent of the federal government and submit marriage functions by means of official channels, Mr Qurashi was quoted as saying.
Mr Qurashi mentioned divorced males is not going to be allowed to use inside six months of their divorce.
The official mentioned candidates needs to be over 25 and connect identification paperwork signed by the native district mayor in addition to all different identification papers, together with a duplicate of his household card.
“If the applicant is already married, he ought to connect a report from a hospital proving that his spouse is both disabled, affected by a power illness or is sterile,” he mentioned.
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