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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Saudi Arabia and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: 10 digits for legal entities. VAT number is a separate 15-digit identifier (starts with “3” for KSA); only VAT-registered entities have one. Registration number: 10 digits; starts with “7”. Found top-left of CR Certificate; verifiable at mc.gov.sa.

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Sector regulators

SAMA · IA · CMA · CST · MISA

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How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

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Documents to collect

The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Issued by MoC/SBC; 10-digit CR No.; verified at mc.gov.sa.
  • Constitutive Documents: Notarised electronically via MoC portal; Arabic prevails; published in Umm Al-Qura (Official Gazette).
  • Tax Registration: 10-digit TIN; collect VAT Certificate separately if entity is VAT-registered.
  • Operating Permit: Issued via Balady platform (balady.gov.sa); tied to specific premises; required in addition to CR.
  • Sector-Specific License: Sector-dependent; MISA Registration required for all foreign-owned entities (introduced 2025).
  • Governance Records: Mudir(s) named in LLC articles; JSC Board members filed with MoC.
  • Signing Authority: Domestic POAs via MoC notarisation system (Najiz); foreign-executed POAs apostilled under the Hague Convention. Arabic translation required.
  • Address: Conduit universal policy: lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
  • Good Standing: Saudi Arabia is a subsumed-by-extract jurisdiction; the on-demand dated CR Extract from MoC/SBC reflects current registration status and is the good-standing equivalent; no separate CoGS document exists

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Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their role to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

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Additional fields

Country-specific fields you’ll need to collect during onboarding, beyond the document uploads.

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Notes

  • TIN vs. VAT number — TIN is 10 digits (all legal entities); VAT number is 15 digits (VAT-registered entities only, starts with “3”). Do not treat them as interchangeable.
  • Ejar lease is the primary accepted proof of operating address — unregistered leases are unenforceable in Saudi courts; utility bills alone are not standard for commercial premises KYC purposes.