How to Renew Saudi Driving License

When I logged in randomly into my Absher Account, I saw a notification that my driving license expired and must needed to renew. I did not receive any SMS that we normally receive one month before when Iqama will expire. Although, I did it all within 10 days after expiry, and no fine was imposed yet.

See also: Iqama Fee

Total charges are;

105 SR – Hospital medical Fee
80 SR – For two years renewal
200 SR – For five years renewal
400 SR – For ten years renewal

I paid 105 SR + 400 SR= 505 SR for ten years validity. I will explain below how I renewed it on the very next day.

Methods to Renew License

There are basically two methods

Driving License Renewal | Online
Driving License Renewal | Offline

I followed the online method that I will explain here in details;

Steps for Online Renewal

There are mainly four steps to do not all online

Medical Certificate from an Accredited Hospital
Fee Payment Online
Renew from Absher
Collection from Traffic Police Office

Medical Certificate from an Accredited Hospital

Step – 1: First of all, I visited Alwarood (Olaya) hospital. There I paid SAR 105. Make sure to complete the medical from the same hospital as if you pay in one; then, you have to pay it again to another hospital as this is a hospital fee only. You can check Hospital nearby here, EFADA.

Step – 2: They gave me a paper after fee payment to fill it. My bad, it was in Arabic, and I am not good at it. See below

Step – 3: The hospital staff there is very cooperative, and they did it for me. Thanks to them.

Step – 4: Major information is available on your Iqama & Driving License, but you must have your sponsor ID, Your company name, fax number, etc. But the major one is the Sponsor or Kafeel ID number.

Step – 5: Once I did my test, they gave me the above paper, and I came down to the counter. Here, they will upload on the online system (Sponsor ID this guy insisted me to tell him)

Step – 6: I received an SMS stating from Efada like (عزيزي العميل: نود إبلاغكم أنه تم إرسال نتيجة التقرير الطبي رقم 15340801 بنجاح)

This was all about the medical test for the renewal of the driving license.

Fee Payment Online

The next step was to pay my renewal fee. I used Alahli Online System (You can use any or even ATM)

Step – 1: I logged in to my Alahli internet banking account

Step – 2: Now, I went to Government Payment & Refund > Driving License as shown below

Step – 3: Here, I selected License Type Private (As I am using my Private Car), Duration I put 10 years ( You can select 2, 5 years option as well – the fee is less there)

Step – 4: Confirm the Payment and that it. Your fee is uploaded in the Absher system within 15 minutes maximum. You can check MOI Iqama funds now

Renew from Absher

Once the above two processes are done successfully, then you need to log in to Absher Account.

Step – 1: Open MOI Absher by visiting this link MOI Absher

Step – 2: Log in at Absher by visiting this link MOI Absher

Step – 3: Go to Traffic as in below snip

Step – 4: Click on Renew Driving License

Step – 5: Read the prerequisites before you click next. Like mainly eye tests and others, the hospital can judge by your physique appearance.

Step – 6: Select the number of years like you to have options 2, 5 & 10 years. I choose 10.

Step – 7: Once you will click next, the below information will be displayed

Step – 8: Confirm & you can see a message ‘Your driving license has been renewed successfully.’

Check License Status Online

Before heading to the next step, make sure that it is updated in the system. follow the below procedure

Step – 1: Go to ‘Electronic Services’

Step – 2: Then to ‘Inquiries’

Step – 3: Click on ‘Traffic’

Step – 4: Now at ‘Public Query Driving License’

Step – 5: You can also check the status of your driving license by DOB and Iqama number like in the below snip

Collection from Traffic Police Office

After that, I went to Dallah school to collect it. Before this, I visited the Police station at Nasiriyah in Riyadh, but they referred me to the Dallah center (Driving school). It would help if you were imposed on yourself. Bring your old license to them, and they will discard it.

Driving License Renewal | Offline

I have heard from others and personal experience as I used the above method, and it went successful for me. Yes, offline, you can go to DALLAH driving school with all the required documents, and they will do the process. Everything on the same spot.

Wrap Up

I hope this is quite easy for you now. If you need any help regarding online portals, you can comment below or shoot me an email. I will try to respond asap.

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