Saudi Iqama Number

Name: Saudi Iqama Number
Creator: TestPattern Community
License: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

Detects Saudi Arabian Iqama (residence permit) numbers issued to expatriate residents. Iqama numbers are 10 digits and start with 2. Saudi national IDs start with 1 and are covered by sa-national-id.

Type: regex
Engine: boost_regex
Confidence: medium
Confidence justification: Medium confidence: leading-2 ten-digit numbers can appear elsewhere; Arabic/English Iqama keywords improve precision and distinguish from national IDs.
Jurisdictions: sa
Regulations: PDPL (Saudi Arabia)
Frameworks: ISO 27001, ISO 27701
Data categories: pii, government-id
Scope: narrow
Risk rating: 9
Platform compatibility: Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Compatible, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Compatible, Netskope: Compatible

Pattern

\b2\d{9}\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

Iqama, iqama number, residence permit, رقم الإقامة, ID number, identification, ID card, license, permit, registration, certificate

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

2123456789 — Iqama starting with 2
2987654321 — Alternate Iqama
2001234567 — Another leading-2 form

Should not match

1123456789 — National ID style leading 1
212345678 — Only 9 digits
21234567890 — 11 digits

Known false positives

Phone numbers or customer IDs starting with 2 and ten digits. Mitigation: Require Iqama/residence permit keywords in Arabic or English.

References

Saudi National Government Portal

Collections

Coverage Phase 1 Priority Identifiers