How we write and update

Who writes the pages on this site?

RAED ALI ALJOHANI COMPANY FOR Lawyership and Legal Consultations publishes every page on this site. We use AI writing tools to help prepare the first draft of each page, working from research into official Saudi sources. The firm decides what is published.

We tell you this so that you know how a page was made before you rely on it. AI tools help with drafting and checking. They do not decide what the site says, and no page goes live without the firm’s approval.

Pages are published in the firm’s name. A page names a person as its writer only if that person really wrote it.

We write in plain English, with short sentences. We explain each Saudi term the first time it appears on a page. Our glossary of Saudi legal terms lists these terms in plain words.

How are pages checked before they are published?

Every statement about a Saudi process, portal or programme is checked against a current official source before the page goes live. Each page goes through the 4 steps below: drafting, source checks, practical points from the firm, and approval on a preview of the site. The page lists its official sources, each with the date it was checked, for example 19 October 2026. If we cannot confirm a statement from an official source, we leave it out or describe it more generally.

An official source is a page published by a Saudi government body, such as a ministry, a court or an official platform.

1. Draft the page in English. The draft is prepared with the help of AI tools, from research into official Saudi sources.
2. Check each statement against a current official source. The sources are listed at the end of the page, with the date of each check.
3. Add practical points from the firm, where it has them. These come from the firm’s general experience, never from a client’s messages or files.
4. Approve the page on a preview of the site. The firm reads the page as you will see it, and approves it before it goes live.

How do source checks differ from legal advice?

The official sources show where a page’s general information comes from. Checking those sources does not make the page legal advice on your own situation.

What do our pages leave out, and why?

Our pages leave out article numbers, penalties, government fees, minimum amounts and eligibility conditions. They also never predict the outcome of a matter. These details change, and how they apply depends on the facts of each case, so we link the official page instead.

An eligibility condition is a rule about who may use a programme or service. The official page sets out the current rules, and it is linked under the page’s official sources.

What our pages give you instead:

• the steps of a process, in the order they usually happen;
• the documents you usually need to prepare;
• the official portals and offices involved, with links to them;
• what a lawyer does at each stage;
• common things to avoid.

We also do not publish typical timelines, client names, case results or reviews. Every matter is different, and client matters are confidential.

The pages are general information. To find out how a rule applies to you, talk to a lawyer about your situation.

How do dates work on this site?

Each page shows a “Last updated” date under its main heading. That date changes only when the content of the page changes. Each official source listed on a page shows the date it was last checked.

We write dates in full, for example 19 October 2026. This avoids confusion between the date formats used in different countries.

Laws and official processes in Saudi Arabia change. Before you act on a page, check its date and open its official sources. Our What’s changed page lists recent changes to Saudi laws and official services, each with its date.

How are translations prepared?

English is the master version of every page.

Each translation keeps the facts, the official sources and the dates of the English page.

Saudi laws are written in Arabic. The Official Gazette, Umm Al-Qura, publishes them, and the Ministry of Justice’s legal portal carries their text. Both are linked under Official sources. If a page on this site, in any language, differs from the official Arabic text of a law, the Arabic text counts. Our legal notice explains which text of a Saudi law counts.

A page in your language does not mean that the firm works in that language. The firm works in Arabic and English. Our page on how we work with clients outside Saudi Arabia explains languages, translations and time zones.

How can you report a mistake?

Email the firm at office@raedlawyer.com. Give the page address and say what you think is wrong. If you can, add a link to the official source that shows it.

Please keep the report to the page itself. Don’t include details of your own legal matter, and don’t send documents. To ask about your own matter, use the contact page instead.

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