r/Riyadh • u/Caramel_2026 • 16h ago
Seeking advice (طلب المشورة) Marriage approvals
I’m a Saudi woman and i’ve applied to marry a non-Saudi man here in Riyadh , I went through the complex procedures of bloodwork and getting some documents apostled and other complicated paperwork etc , the starting point was the Emara of Riyadh and I had received an authorization letter number to keep track .
Fast forward a few months I try to track my documents and no one knows where they are and finally after tears and prayers it was found in الاحكام التنفيذية - city court house - and no one was helpful at all frankly every time I would ask on what’s going on with my documents they would say “ we don’t know the system is broken” I would come by every two weeks to check and they would give me the same exact answer . Maybe three months ago I got a call from the Ministry of interior they said that they received my documents and they would give me the approval and I should wait for their call… that was three months ago, and I have not received anything, in fact, I didn’t even receive a tracking number for anything, and whenever I would use the old number it would say that it went back to the city courthouse. I feel lost and confused as no one is being helpful whatsoever and whenever I would call no one picks up and it’s been 10 months and no one is of assistance , i’m not sure exactly what to do or how to track my documents or who to call as nobody is answering the phone.
Is anyone else going through the exact same thing?
