In 1378 AH, the first Civil Status Card (Nufous Card) was issued by the Civil Status Department in Al-Wajh Governorate, which is considered one of the oldest civil status departments in the Kingdom. After the opening of the women’s departments in 1422 in many regions and governorates of the country to be run by women to receive the requests of female citizens wishing to obtain status cards, the women of Al-Wajh governorate are still looking for a women’s department that would relieve them from the consequences of traveling to neighboring provinces and from the constant crowding at the time of the arrival of mobile offices that stay For five days only.
Lamar Abdullah Rafada assures Okaz that she needs to obtain a national identity, as it has become a necessity for her as a high school student, but she may face difficulty due to the lack of service in the face, which makes her incur the trouble and dangers of traveling to neighboring governorates, and conditions may not be available for travel at all times. . The travel distance is also multiplied by the dangers it entails in the event of loss or forgetting of any of the required documents. Lamar hopes to open a women's branch in the governorate.
While Farah Abdullah Abu Zaid says that she faced the obstacle of severe crowding when obtaining the card at the time of the arrival of the mobile office. Due to the high number of those wishing to obtain the card compared to the short period of stay in the office, in addition to traveling to a neighboring governorate to receive the card. The same thing is afflicting Retaj Saleh Al-Harbi, who added that she has not yet received her card, although more than a month has passed since it was issued. Given that she must travel to a neighboring governorate to receive it.
In the same context, parents of female citizens expressed their hope to open a branch for the women’s section in the Civil Status Office in Al-Wajh. Muhammad Abdullah Al-Khanani says: “We suffer from traveling to neighboring governorates to obtain status cards for our daughters, and we demanded the opening of the women’s section, and the excuse was that there was no suitable building to accommodate the section.” Women's.
Eid Awda Al-Hwaiti expresses his surprise at not opening a building for the women's section, despite the age of the civil status in Al-Wajh, with its service to the residents of the many villages of the governorate, and this is the same opinion that was mentioned by Nassar Rashid Al-Hwaiti. Nayer Rashid Al-Azmi says that his suffering is compounded because he is a resident of the village of Al-Madaqa and the absence of a women's status office in Al-Wajh forces him to move to another governorate or wait until the arrival of the mobile office, which lasts only five days.
"Okaz" – in turn – contacted the spokesperson for the Civil Status, Muhammad Al-Jasser, who said: "Civil status services are provided to the people of the governorates that do not have a women's office through mobile services through announced periodic visits, and they can also benefit from electronic services through the Absher platform." .
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