How to get a Postal Address (Wasel Aalami) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Step by Step Guide (Updated)

Originally Posted on Saturday, March 1, 2014:

 

KSA did not have an established mailing system through which you could get a mail or parcel sent to your home. To get a mail you had to open a PO box in your nearest Saudi Post office and you would have to check it by physically visiting it regularly, if you are expecting a mail. So it was not convenient and kind of strange for expats because like for me, I have been receiving letters at my home since I learned how to write and send a letter, back in Pakistan.

 

Yesterday when I was visiting the Saudi Post section in Janadriyah Festival, I came to know about a new service which has been introduced by Saudi Government and is called Wasel Aalami. If you would like to know more about Janadriyah Festival you can visit this link: Event: Janadriyah Annual Heritage & Culture Festival 29 (2014) (Updated)

 

 

Through this service you can get a recognized mailing address for your home FREE of charge. The people available there were very helpful, one guy knew English and he guided and translated the process for me. They registered me for this service and I got my mailing address, you can do the following to get this service:

• Visit http://www.locator.com.sa/locator/Default_E.aspx and choose your Region from the Drop Down Menu on the left.

• Then choose your city and District from the Drop Down Menus. The map on the right will zoom accordingly.

 

• Now find your building on the map by navigating and zooming the map, once you are sure about your building, note down its four digit number. This is your Building Number.
  
  

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• Now you have to visit the nearest branch of Saudi Post for the registration of Wasel Aalami, you can find the nearest branch on the same map

 

• Upon arriving the Saudi Post, seek for the appropriate counter, it would have this symbol:

 

• Provide them with you Building Number, Floor and Apartment Number, Mobile Number, Iqama Number and they will perform the registration and will provide you with print out which would contain your complete postal mailing address details. You would receive an SMS for the registration confirmation but the SMS might be in Arabic.

 

• This paper would also contain Wasel Aalami number, which you can use for Free Shipment from Amazon.com.

 

Update(20-06-2015): Saudi Post has recently renovated their website and there is no English section in it at the moment, I am hopping that they will launch it soon, I have asked them this question on social media, lets see if they respond. That’s why the following links are not working.

 

• Now once you are back home, verify your address by visiting this link: http://www.sp.com.sa/English/Eservices/Pages/CheckNewPostalAddress.aspx

 

• Enter the information from the print out in the appropriate fields and press ‘Submit’.

 

 

• If you are registered in the system then it should show you the following msg:

Address is valid. You can carry out correspondences through:

 

• That’s it, you can provide this address to the sender and you would receive the mail at your door steps.

 

• The items which are not allowed through this service:

 

• You can find more details about this service on http://www.sp.com.sa/English/saudipost/productsservices/pages/myaddressinus.aspx

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