Filing Requirements
Domain Name Applications

Requirements for (.com.sa) Latin Character Domain:

For clarification regarding domain registration requirements for .sa/.com.sa and .alsuadiah, for the requirement of having a commercial registration certificate in KSA, the domain must be similar or identical to the certificate, if the domain is not similar or identical, then a CRC is not acceptable and a Saudi Trademark is required.

Also, since the Saudi NIC has changed the rules, as we previously indicated, regarding administrative contact issues, if you have any domains which were registered before the rule change and are not listed under our contacts for administrative, eventually they will need to be modified to our admin contact in order to handle any issues directly with the NIC. The attached form must be used, however it must be notarized and legalized up to the Saudi Consulate.


Requirements for Domain Name Registration in Saudi Arabia in English:

1. Application form (can be submitted by mail, email or fax)

2. Trademark registration certificate in Saudi Arabia in Latin
(If not available, we can provide the registration of the trademark upon your request)

*If the applicant holds a certificate of incorporation in Saudi Arabia, the TM registration certificate will no longer be required.

3. A letter addressed to SaudiNic Administration requesting the domain name
(On the applicant's letterhead)
(See KSA Request Letter)
(Company STAMP is a must)
3- Each domain name must be associated with primary and secondary servers, at the minimum two operational domain names (DNS).
*All documents can be sent by scanned email.
Second-Level Domains:
.sa commercial purposes
.com.sa commercial purposes
.edu.sa educational insitutions
.sch.sa for schools
.med.sa for medical purposes
.gov.sa for governmental insitutions
.net.sa ISPs
.org.sa non-for-profit organizations
.pub.sa general use

Requirements for Domain Name Registration in Saudi Arabia (.ALSUADIAH) in Arabic


1. Application Form (can be submitted by mail, email or fax)

2. Trademark registration certificate in Saudi Arabia in Latin or Arabic
(If not available, we can provide the registration of the trademark upon your request)

*If the applicant holds a certificate of incorporation in Saudi Arabia, the TM registration certificate will no longer be required.

3. A letter addressed to SaudiNic Administration requesting the domain name
(On the applicant's letterhead)
(Submitted by mail or fax)
(See Arabic IDN KSA Request Letter)
(Company STAMP is a must)
3- Each domain name must be associated with primary and secondary servers, at the minimum two operational domain names (DNS).
We have noticed that the preparation of the request letter can be tedious, especially since the Saudi NIC does not accept the letter with the domain in puny code. Furthermore, the domain must be listed in complete ARABIC characters in order to accept the whole letter.
We may assist you in preparing the letter by implementing the following:
1. You would send us a word version of the letter on the client’s letterhead with the domain part in puny code
2. Then we will switch the domain from Puny code to Arabic letters
3. Then we will send it back to you by email as PDF file
4. You must have it signed and stamped by the company stamp. A scanned copy would be sufficient to be sent back to us by email.
*All documents can be sent by scanned email.

NOTE: A VAT of 5% has been implemented in Saudi Arabia for any payment or any jobs completed with issuing invoices on or after January 01, 2018.