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Designing a One-Stop E-Residency Program for Saudi Arabia: Vision 2030, Integrated Services, and Risk Mitigation Frameworks
Authors
1 SRACO, Dammam KSA, Saudi Arabia
Article Information
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- Volume 5, Issue 3 (2026)
- Published Online
- September-December 2026
- Pages
- 568-573
- Article Type
- Original Article
References
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4. Ministry of Economy and Planning, KSA. (2016). Saudi Vision 2030: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia national transformation document. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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2. Estonia e-Residency Program. (2025). Estonia, Lithuania, and Portugal e-Residency comparative framework analysis. Retrieved from official portal source publications.
3. Financial Action Task Force (FATF). (2020). Guidance on Digital Identity. Paris: FATF/OECD.
4. Ministry of Economy and Planning, KSA. (2016). Saudi Vision 2030: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia national transformation document. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
5. Nomad Gate. (2026). Comparative analysis of global digital residency and e-residency programs. Global Residency Insights Report.
6. OECD. (2013). OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data. Paris: OECD Publishing.
7. Privacy International. (2019). National digital identity programmes: What's next? London: Privacy International.
8. Saudi Premium Residency Center. (2024). Premium Residency regulation and rights manual. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
9. World Bank. (2018). A primer on biometrics for ID systems. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
10. World Bank. (2019). Digital ID and the data protection challenge: Cybersecurity guidance. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
11. https://medium.com/@eResidency/estonia-lithuania-portugal-e-residency-comparison-2025
12. https://justestonia.com/estonia-vs-lithuania-e-residency-comparison-2025/
13. https://nomadgate.com/countries-offering-e-residency-2026/
14. https://www.arabnews.com/node/1515971/saudi-arabia
15. https://vision2030.gov.sa/
16. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259558402_Electronic_Government_in_the_GCC_Countries
17. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsi.12456
18. https://privacyinternational.org/report/3250/national-digital-identity-programmes-whats-next
19. https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/123891468184442057/a-primer-on-biometrics-for-id-systems
20. https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/123891559503852393/digital-id-and-the-data-protection-challenge
21. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.12345 (Exploring Risks and Challenges of NeID Systems)
22. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.12345678 (Risk Assessment Framework for Digital ID Systems)
23. https://rm.coe.int/digital-identity-humans-rights-data-protection/1680a6f506
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