JEDDAH: DIANA AL-JASSEM
Monday 25 March 2013
Last Update 25 March 2013 2:34 am
Expats and Saudis will be urged to include their postal address in their identification card (ID), said Mohammed Saleh bin Taher Benten, president of Saudi Post Corporation.
“The Shoura Council has already approved a new law to register the home address with the postal company, but the law has not yet been implemented as the Council of Ministers still has to approve that decision,” he said.
“The council yesterday voted on the need to speed up the procedures. The vote was based on a recommendation of the communication committee at Saudi Post. We are ready for people who need a postal address and they can have it for free. We are only waiting for the Council of Ministers to approve this law,” said the Saudi Post president.
According to a report of the Shoura Council, the new law will be obligatory. Each citizen, resident, organization and company will have to register a postal address with the postal company and include this in the data provided on their ID.
“The move is aimed at facilitating government actions that require an emergency response so the government can provide services to the citizen,” he said.
Customers of banking and telecommunication companies should update their information based on the information provided in the Saudi Post. The information includes the driver’s license, the national identity card, the family record and travel documents.
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