Najiz

Najiz now enforces stricter scope validation. Use specific-purpose wakalas (sell-this-car, represent-in-this-case) rather than general powers; the issuance succeeds with narrower scope.

For foreign-owned companies, MISA must be issued and current before CR. Apply at misa.gov.sa, get the SAR 12,000/year licence approved, then return to Najiz for CR.

Saudi law requires Arabic. Submit a certified Arabic translation - English-only articles are not accepted. The Saudi notary will verify the translation matches the original intent.

Najiz dashboard notifications must be enabled (Push + Email). Open every notification within 7 days of receipt. Default judgments for missed deadlines are routine in labour and commercial cases.

Run a fresh title-deed check before committing. Mortgages, Saher-related holds, and inheritance claims all surface on the title-deed page. Resolve at the issuing authority first.

Muslim personal-status falls under Sharia courts; non-Muslim residents may have different routes. Confirm jurisdiction before filing; Najiz Help has a jurisdiction wizard.

Yes. Labour lawsuits against employers - unpaid salary, end-of-service entitlement, wrongful termination, contract breach - are filed through Najiz > Court Services > Labour Court. The case is reviewed by the labour court system; evidence (pay slips, contract, communications) is uploaded online; hearings are increasingly remote-by-default for routine matters. Some labour disputes are first routed through MHRSD's Musaned or HRSD complaint system before escalating to Najiz - check whether your case requires the MHRSD step first. Labour court judgments are enforceable through Najiz's enforcement court if the employer does not comply voluntarily.

Najiz hosts the Commercial Registration (CR / Sijil Tijari) issuance and renewal, the notarisation of the Arabic articles of association, and the commercial-court route for any subsequent disputes. For foreign-owned companies, the typical flow is: apply for the MISA investor licence at SAR 12,000/year; notarise the articles on Najiz at SAR 300-1,000; issue the CR on Najiz at SAR 1,200 (5-year validity); register with the Chamber of Commerce at SAR 1,000-3,000/year; apply for the Baladiya licence; register with ZATCA for VAT. The Najiz dashboard now consolidates the renewal status of most layers in one view for the company's authorised signatory.

Najiz is open to both Saudi citizens and resident expats. Authentication is through Nafath which works for anyone with a valid Iqama or Saudi National ID. Expats most commonly use Najiz for power of attorney issuance, court filings (especially labour disputes and small-claims commercial cases), real-estate transactions when buying or renting property, notarisation of personal documents, and - for business owners - Commercial Registration and shareholder changes. The platform is fully bilingual (Arabic and English) for most services, but the underlying documents (contracts, articles, judgments) are issued in Arabic and require certified translation for foreign use.

For Saudi residents and citizens, a digital wakala is issued through Nafath face-scan in minutes - select the type (general, specific, real-estate, business representation), specify scope and term, identify the agent by Iqama or National ID, sign through Nafath, pay the small notarisation fee through SADAD, and the wakala is issued with a QR-verifiable code. The QR is accepted across Saudi counters - banks, traffic departments, real-estate brokers, courts. Scope and term matter: specific-purpose wakalas (sell this car, sign this Qiwa contract on my behalf) are safer than general powers, which are very hard to revoke if the agent is acting in good faith. For powers granted from outside Saudi Arabia, the wakala is issued at the Saudi embassy in the home country (with apostille or legalisation) or by appointing a Saudi-resident representative who issues a fresh Najiz wakala once authorised.

The consolidated dashboard pulls the renewal status of MISA investor licence (annual at SAR 12,000), Najiz Commercial Registration (5-year cycle at SAR 1,200), Chamber of Commerce subscription (annual SAR 1,000-3,000), Baladiya municipality licence (annual, varies by activity), ZATCA VAT registration status, and Qiwa establishment file all in one view for the authorised signatory. The practical value is avoiding the very common pattern where one layer lapses silently and freezes downstream actions - a lapsed MISA blocks CR renewal, a lapsed CR blocks Qiwa visa issuance, a lapsed Chamber subscription blocks bank transactions. For foreign-owned LLCs the dashboard has materially reduced the bookkeeping burden. Set notifications 60 days before each renewal.

Log in to najiz.sa via Nafath, open the My Cases dashboard, and every civil, commercial, labour, or family case filed against your Iqama or National ID appears with its case number, court assignment, next hearing date, judge, and current status. Each case has a timeline of filings, memos, and orders downloadable as PDF. Notifications are pushed both as Nafath notifications and as Najiz dashboard alerts; enable both because missed hearings often result in default judgments in labour and commercial cases. For cases where you are the respondent rather than the claimant, the same dashboard surfaces the case once it is served - which is often the first you hear of it. Najiz also has a public case-status lookup at najiz.sa/services/Pages/PublicSearch.aspx for cases where you know the case number; the public view shows status and next hearing without login. For labour cases specifically that route via MHRSD first, the case may appear in both Musaned (MHRSD) and Najiz dashboards during the transition - the active filings are on Najiz.

Saudi labour disputes follow a two-stage route in 2026. Stage 1: MHRSD initial review via Musaned or the Qiwa labour complaint flow. Workers file a complaint with evidence (pay slips, contract, WPS screenshots, communications). MHRSD attempts mediation within 21 working days; if the employer agrees to settle, the matter closes there. If mediation fails or the employer does not engage, MHRSD issues a formal closure decision and the case auto-escalates to Najiz Labour Court. Stage 2: Najiz Labour Court. The case appears in the worker's Najiz Cases dashboard; the worker receives a Nafath notification with the case number and first hearing date. Hearings are increasingly remote-by-default for routine matters. Filing an appeal directly on Najiz before MHRSD has formally closed the initial review is procedurally premature and routinely rejected, which wastes time because the appeal window keeps running. Wait for the MHRSD closure decision, then proceed via the auto-escalation path. Labour court judgments are enforceable via Najiz Enforcement Court if the employer does not comply voluntarily.