Crown Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of the Interior has approved the amendment of two articles of executive regulations of the system of Saudi Arabian nationality. The Official Spokesman of Civil Affairs Mohammed Bin Jasser Al-Jasser pointed out that the new amendments included Articles (7) and (8) concerning people born in the Kingdom from a foreign father and a Saudi mother; and a foreign woman married to a Saudi. Al- Jasser said amendment to Article (7) states that in light of the applicant provides information, his application shall be evaluated by a committee formed by the Directorate of Naturalization of the Branch of Civil Affairs through five elements, distributed as follows: 1. If his residence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is permanent at the age of majority (Becoming An Adult), he gets one point. 2. If he has an academic certificate not less than a secondary one, he gets one point. 3. If the father of the mother and her grandfather from the part of her father were Saudis, he gets six points. 4. If only her father is Saudi, he gets two points. 5. If an applicant has one Saudi brother or sister, or more, he gets two points. If an applicant gets at least seven points, the Committee recommends to study his application, otherwise his application shall be reserved. --MORE
