Saudi Arabia agrees to grant citizenship to people with outstanding competencies and rare specialties

[The SC]

November 11th 2021

On Thursday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced the approval of granting citizenship to a number of distinguished people with rare expertise and specializations, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

The agency stated that "the noble and generous approval was issued to grant Saudi citizenship to a number of distinguished people with rare expertise and specializations."

She added that this comes in light of the royal order "to open the door to naturalizing legal, medical, scientific, cultural, sports and technical competencies in a way that contributes to promoting the wheel of development and benefits the country in various fields, in line with Vision 2030 aimed at strengthening the attractive environment in which talents can be invested." Humanity and attracting distinguished and creative people.


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[Novus ordu seclorum]

Few talented foreigners would want Saudi citizenship in exchange for having their freedom of speech taken away and risking their head, hands, and legs getting chopped.

 

[Hack-Hook]

Few talented foreigners would want Saudi citizenship in exchange for having their freedom of speech taken away and risking their head, hands, and legs getting chopped.

Well I don't think you are correct on that . And I can easily imagine there would be a line for that citizenship
Not everything is western type of democracy .
And many people find living in ksa (well except how they drive in some area) far more interesting than many places in western democracies.