Latest Saudi Arabia to give citizenship for the first time 16 Nov 2021 00:00 IST New Update By a staff reporter: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has approved a new law that grants citizenship to highly skilled foreigners in the Sharia, legal, medical, scientific, cultural, sport and technical fields. The royal decree was made in support of achieving the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious Vision 2030 goal to create an environment will attract and retain "exceptional creative minds" to the Middle East country as the nation moves away from dependence on oil. Local newspaper Saudi Gazette notes that citizenship will be "granted" to a "limited number" of people and it "will be through nomination based purely on public interest and there won’t be any option to submit applications." soudi arabia Citizenship foreigners vission2030 mokka Salman bin Abdul Aziz decree Read More Read the Next Article