Enter Saudi Arabia market with a .SA Domain

The applicant must fall into one of the general eligibility categories: an entity physically located in Saudi Arabia, a natural person holding Saudi nationality or Premium Residency, an entity licensed by a Saudi authority, or the holder of a trademark or trade name registered in the Kingdom. If none applies to you, the eligibility condition cannot be met and registration is not possible. Establishing which category fits your case up front saves time in the application.

This is a document-bearing extension: you must provide evidence of your eligibility and of your connection to the requested name. Rather than publishing a fixed list, the registry reserves the right to request whatever documentation it considers necessary at the time — which is why the "definitive document lists" circulating online can mislead. The practical route is to clarify with our support team at the outset which papers fit your case, so your application does not stall on a missing item.

The regulation requires the domain's administrative contact to be based in Saudi Arabia; for organisations applying from abroad that effectively means a representative inside the country. A trustee service is offered to meet this need: it is a paid service and the current amount is shown during ordering. That lets you apply without opening a company or office in the Kingdom. The trustee arrangement exists solely to satisfy this condition — ownership of the domain remains yours.

.sa is a second-level address open to individuals and legal entities that meet the general eligibility conditions. .com.sa is reserved for entities holding a valid Commercial Registration (or its equivalent), or a trade name or trademark registered in the Kingdom. In short, .sa rests on a broader eligibility framework and .com.sa on a commercial registration. Applying as an individual points to .sa; presenting a corporate commercial identity points to .com.sa.

Yes. The registry has authority to review all registration requests and states explicitly that it may do so before registration or after it has been completed. The practical upshot: rather than treating approval as the end of the matter, keep your eligibility information accurate and current. The regulation also notes that a registered domain confers no legal right or ownership over the name itself, even where a trademark or trade name exists.

.sa is transferable. Throughout the process the eligibility and administrative contact conditions must continue to be met; changing provider does not remove those obligations. If a trustee service covers your in-country representative requirement, that arrangement needs to continue after the transfer as well. Once the transfer completes, the remaining registration period is preserved. You can start on the domain transfer page.

Yes, you can update your name servers from the management panel at any time. The extension's eligibility and administrative contact conditions relate to the registrant, and no separate requirement is imposed on which country hosts your name servers. Full propagation across the global DNS usually takes a few hours, and during that window some visitors may still see the previous records.