Editorial policy
Editorial policy: how our Saudi guides are researched and checked
Every guide and service page on this website is written by the formation desk in our Lahore office and checked against official Saudi sources, with the check date shown on the page. This policy explains which sources we trust first, who reviews what, what makes us update a page and how to report a mistake.
Sources
The four tiers of sources behind our pages
Saudia Company Formation ranks its sources in four tiers, and each claim on our pages rests on the highest tier that states it. The law or the regulator's own guide always comes before an article about it.
- Tier 1
Saudi laws and government portals
The Ministry of Investment (MISA), the Ministry of Commerce, ZATCA, GOSI, Qiwa, the SAMA Rulebook and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Our MISA pages, for example, follow MISA's Investor Guide, 13th edition, not the edition before it.
- Tier 2
Regulators in your home country
The State Bank of Pakistan and SECP, the Reserve Bank of India and the Ministry of External Affairs, and Bangladesh Bank and RJSC. These set the rules your documents and your money meet before they leave home.
- Tier 3
International bodies
The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), whose Apostille Convention status table shows which countries apply the apostille and from what date.
- Tier 4
Official newsrooms, then the press
Ministry newsrooms and the Saudi Press Agency, such as the Ministry of Commerce announcement of the new Commercial Register Law. Independent news outlets come in only where no official source exists, and we name them as news.
What we never cite: competitors, law firms, accounting firms, other company formation businesses or Wikipedia. Our own experience appears on our pages too, labelled as ours. "Most delays we see are document mistakes" is what we observe on client files. It is not presented as a rule.
Writers and reviewers
Who writes our pages, and who reviews them by area
Our guides and service pages are written by the formation desk in Lahore, the same team that prepares and files client applications. A page goes to a specialist reviewer when its topic needs one, so not every page passes every reviewer.
We list roles, not names. The qualifications behind each role, and how to check them, are on our team page.
Dates and updates
Checked-on dates, and what makes us update a page
Each guide and service page shows the date its facts were last checked against the sources; pages in the most recent round show 15 October 2026. That date marks a fact check, not a design change.
We re-check a page when one of these happens:
- MISA publishes a new edition of its Investor Guide
- A Saudi law or implementing regulation is issued or amended
- ZATCA announces a new e-invoicing wave or guideline
- A rule changes in Pakistan, India or Bangladesh, such as a central bank circular or a country joining the Apostille Convention
- A client file runs differently from what the page describes
- A reader reports a mistake
Changes our pages now reflect
The Companies Law comes into force.
The Investment Law (Royal Decree M/19) replaces MISA licensing with investment registration.
The Commercial Register Law takes effect: a CR no longer expires and is confirmed every 12 months instead.
ZATCA publishes its General Withholding Tax Guideline.
MISA uploads the 13th edition of its Investor Guide.
Deadline for Wave 25 of ZATCA e-invoicing integration.
No prices
Why our pages publish no prices
Saudia Company Formation publishes no prices on this website, neither our professional fee nor government fees. Regulatory thresholds and limits do appear, because they decide which route your company takes.
What you won't find on our pages
Government fees are set by the authorities and change, and a figure copied onto a web page goes out of date without warning. Our own fee depends on the scope of each file. You get it in writing after a free consultation, fixed for the agreed scope with no hidden costs, as how we work explains.
What you will find
Rules expressed in numbers: the SAR 375,000 VAT registration threshold, MISA's minimum capital for a 100% foreign trading company, rates such as the 2% employer GOSI contribution for expatriate staff, and deadlines. They are limits set in law, not prices.
Corrections
How to report a mistake, and what we do with it
Readers report mistakes on our pages by emailing support@saudiacompanyformation.com, and every report is checked against the primary source rather than against another website.
- You
Tell us
Send the page address, the sentence you think is wrong and, if you have one, the official source that says otherwise.
- Within one working day
We reply and check
We answer within one working day and check the point against the law, the regulator's guide or the official portal behind it.
- On the page
We fix or explain
If the page is wrong, we correct it and change its checked-on date. If it is right, we tell you which source it rests on.
Independence
Independence: no paid links and no staff reviews
Saudia Company Formation does not take payment to link to anyone, and the links on our pages go to the official sources that state a rule.
- No paid links, mentions or placements on any page
- External links go to Saudi government portals, home-country regulators and the HCCH, never to competitors or other formation businesses
- Reviews come only from clients and are shown word for word as posted on Google, spelling included
- Our own outcomes, such as the 47-day beauty shop and the 25- and 114-day MISA-to-CR files, are labelled as our files, with the evidence on our portfolio
Want the source behind a page?
Ask the formation desk. We reply within one working day, and our disclaimer explains how far general website content can take you before your own file needs written advice.