Scientific and technical support presence in Saudi Arabia — registered, non-commercial and clearly scoped.
Register a non-commercial scientific and technical office supporting a Saudi agent or distributor, with no selling, invoicing or contract execution.
Price confirmed after the eligibility and activity assessmentGovernment and third-party fees are separate and charged at cost.
Who we work with.
- 01Manufacturers and brand owners supporting a Saudi agent or distributor.
- 02Groups needing technical presence without a commercial operation.
What we handle.
- Confirm the office model fits the permitted non-commercial scope.
- Review the agency or distribution agreement against the registration requirements.
- Prepare and attest the corporate document file and head-office resolution.
- File the registration and respond to Ministry queries.
- Track to issuance and record the permitted scope for the client's records.
Permitted scope and requirements.
- Scientific and technical support to the Saudi agent or distributor and to customers.
- Technical and market studies, and reporting to head office.
- Training technicians without charging fees.
- A Saudi agent or distributor in place.
- Valid agency or distribution agreement, translated and attested.
- Foreign parent commercial registration or incorporation certificate, attested.
- Head-office resolution establishing the office and appointing its manager.
- Selling, invoicing or collecting revenue.
- Executing contracts or performing commercial, revenue-generating activity.
- Charging fees for training or technical support.
Issuance closes this stage. Choosing the Saudi legal form, preparing the Articles of Association or Bylaws and issuing the Commercial Registration are handled as a separate incorporation stage.
Company incorporation stageClient deliverables.
- Ministry of Investment scientific and technical office registration.
- Reviewed agency or distribution agreement file, translated and attested.
- Filed-application record with reference numbers and submitted document index.
- Eligibility and activity assessment recording the confirmed registration route.
- 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 the intended activities against the permitted scope.
- 02Verify the agency or distribution relationship and its documentation.
- 03Prepare, translate and attest the file.
- 04File with the Ministry and respond to queries.
- 05Deliver the issued registration and hand over to the next stage.
Client inputs.
- Agency or distribution agreement, translated and attested.
- Foreign parent commercial registration or incorporation certificate, attested.
- Head-office resolution establishing the office and appointing the manager.
- Passport or identification copies of the appointed manager.
- Description of the technical support activities planned.
- Written authorisation 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.