Regional Headquarters Licence — eligibility assessed, programme file prepared, application filed and tracked to issuance.
Assess RHQ eligibility, prepare the programme file and file for the Regional Headquarters Licence with the Ministry of Investment, ending at licence issuance.
Price confirmed after the eligibility and activity assessmentGovernment and third-party fees are separate and charged at cost.
Who we work with.
- 01Multinational groups directing or supporting regional operations from Saudi Arabia.
- 02Groups assessing the RHQ programme against their regional operating model.
What we handle.
- RHQ eligibility assessment against the programme's mandatory and optional activity lists.
- Multinational-presence evidence review across group entities.
- Regional mandate description and head-office resolution preparation.
- Substance plan preparation covering office, executives and workforce expectations.
- Filing the RHQ licence application and responding to Ministry queries.
- Tracking to issuance and delivering the licence with a correspondence log.
Permitted scope and requirements.
- Approved regional strategic direction and management functions for the group.
- Regional support functions selected from the programme's activity lists.
- Evidence of multinational presence through group entities in at least two countries outside Saudi Arabia and the head-office jurisdiction.
- Mandatory activities commenced within the programme window, and three optional activities within the programme window.
- Substance plan covering the office, executive appointments and workforce, including the programme's executive and headcount expectations.
- Global head-office resolution establishing the RHQ and defining its regional mandate.
- Group structure chart and regional operating-model overview.
- Exact current programme thresholds and activity lists are reconfirmed with the Ministry before filing.
- Presenting the RHQ as an ordinary revenue-generating operating company.
- Regional activities outside the mandate approved under the licence.
The service ends at Ministry of Investment RHQ licence issuance. Saudi incorporation, constitutional documents, Commercial Registration and activation are a separate downstream stage.
Company incorporation stageClient deliverables.
- Ministry of Investment Regional Headquarters licence.
- RHQ eligibility and activity assessment against the current programme lists.
- Filed-application record with reference numbers and submitted document index.
- Substance plan covering office, executive appointments and workforce expectations, as filed.
- Authority correspondence log covering queries raised and responses filed.
- Incorporation handoff pack: registration certificate, activity scope and the documents the separate incorporation stage will need.
From assessment to completion.
- 01Assess eligibility and confirm the regional mandate against the current programme lists.
- 02Prepare presence evidence, head-office resolution and the substance plan.
- 03Reconfirm current programme thresholds with the Ministry, then file the application.
- 04Respond to Ministry queries and track status to issuance.
- 05Deliver the licence and hand over to the separate incorporation and activation stage.
Client inputs.
- Global head-office resolution establishing the RHQ.
- Group structure chart and list of group entities by country.
- Attested commercial registrations or incorporation certificates for the group entities relied on.
- Regional mandate description and proposed activity selection.
- Substance plan: office, executive appointments and workforce build-up.
- Written authorisation or power of attorney for filing and follow-up.
Timing follows Ministry processing and any sector-regulator step. FormBridge assesses, prepares, files, responds to queries and tracks; the decision remains with the Ministry of Investment and the competent authorities.
Common questions.
Government approvals remain with the competent authorities.
Planning your entry into Saudi Arabia?
Incorporation, post-incorporation activation, ongoing operations, workforce mobilisation or a licensing project — share the objective and we come back with the scope, the documents required and the next step.