How to Change and Upgrade Nurse Technician to nurse Specialist in Saudi Arabia

A new memorandum was imposed by the Saudi government in healthcare sector for nurses to upgrade their saudi council license from nurse technician to nurse specialist.Most tertiary hospitals private and government is encouraging their staff with a license of a nurse technician to upgrade to nurse specialist, especially if you are in the supervisory position or aiming for a promotion to become a headnurses, supervisors, nurse manager and other positions in which you need to lead, manage and supervise. 

What is the process of changing saudi council license from nurse technician to nurse specialist?

1. Prepare the requirements:

a. If you are an expatriate prepare the following: 

-Passport

-Iqama optional if you are in the kingdom

-Transcript of Records

-Diploma or certificate of graduation

-Professional license 

-Dataflow report of school credentials and Professional license

-Certificate of Employment/ Experience letter with no expereince gap more than 2 years

-Training letter certificate from Saudi council -optional if you have a work gap of more than 2 years

2. Log in to your mumaris account and apply service for reclassification. On the left side Click the Services and choose reclassification Service.

3. Follow my articles on How to apply a reclassification to mumaris Click the link below

How to apply for reclassification to mumaris plus, upgrade nurse technician to specialist.

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39 Comments

    1. Hi, Thank you for reaching us.You can apply for reclassification and upload the needed requirements for your profession provided you have experience on that specialty.

      1. I’m jikky, working in Saudi Arabia now , my licence is technician,now I completed my post bsc nursing, ok want to know that is it possible to apply for specialist exam or not , suppose i fail in first attempt nu problem for my technician licence

      1. Hii Good evening mam
        I have nurse technition but I need to update to nurse specialist please I want to know I need to take exam again or not??

        1. Hi Soumya, the first step, you should apply for reclassification service, payment is 200 SR & wait for approval. After reclassification approval the SCFHS will ask you to pay 900 Sr for eligibility number, this number will be used to book your exam to a specialist.We are also processing application please contact my whatsapp +966509910763.Have a nice day.

          1. Hello mam. My license expired may 2023 nurse technician i want to upgrade to specialist and i have group gap 2 years and 5 months. Is this possible that i can be nurse specialist?

      2. Hello..my mumaris rejected 3 times cause my graduation bachelor below 2014..i hv already technician liscence..but my contract is specialist..i need some opinion..is it possible for me to renew my contract..thanks

  1. Im a returning ofw, my nurse technician license expired last march 2023 and im back here in ksa, how can i upgrade to specialist. I just cameback july 15..i dont have yet my new iqama, still underprocess. Hope u can help me. Thank u

    1. Can I upgrade my technician license to specialist without taking the exam? i have been a technician for 11 years now.

    1. Hi, good day, thank you for reaching us, If you are in Saudi Arabia ask your HR to register you, eventually they know the process. However, you can do it yourself, these are the requirements. If you are a new applicant without previous Saudi council COE of current employer, click new registration service and follow the procedure, pay 240 for the fees, however, if you reclassify from technician to specialist payment is 150 if your saudi license is still active, if expired payment is 240 SR for registration. Hope it helps, good luck.

      1. Hi Ms Ma Roche Caro…Ma’am can I still apply for reclassification today even my nursing technician expired on Oct 20, 2023? (Almost 1 week remaining)

        1. Hi i wanted to update my saudi council from nurse technician to specialist based completion of the required experience do i still need to take the exam? Thank u

  2. Good evening,
    Do i have already passed the prometric exam and I am now a Nursing specialist and I wanted to change my job from technician to specialist but i was ask to pay 1000 SAR to change my occupation. I have friends from the MOH who had their iqama updated without paying anything.

    1. Good day, its your employer responsibility to change your profession if you are in private sector & they will pay for that depending on your employment policy & contract, however, if you intend to change it yourself you should pay for the fees. Unlike MOH employees the government pays for them.

  3. Hi mam , I was nurse technician and recently I wrote nurse specialist exam .How can I register my specialist in mumaris plus .please reply mam

    1. Hi, good day, open your Mumaris account and apply for re registration if your technician license is still active, however, if it is already expired apply for new registration service.Hope it helps.

  4. Respected Ma’am/Sir.
    Good Day.
    Currently I am working in KSA with valid saudi license as Nurse technician.
    Additional I have diploma in Midwife ,Can I upgrade as Midwife specialist or Nurse midwife specialist.
    If possible please can you guide me Thanks

    1. Hi,Good day, should be Bachelors degree in Midwifery if you want to reclassify as midwifery specialist, however, if you have a Bachelors degree in nursing you can reclassify as nursing specialist. Hope it helps..

      1. Good day Ma’am.
        Thanks a lot for update,
        Now a days many new comer nurses diploma holder got license from scfhs as specialist.
        Even they don’t have Bachelor of science degree.
        Kindly can you update if possible.Thanks

  5. I want to know that now I’m working as GNM technician licence,I completed my post bsc nursing this month. I want to know that,is that possible to change my technician licence to specialist and it need exam again or not, suppose exam need and I didn’t pass on first attempt my licence will cancel or not

    1. You can apply for reclassification in order to upgrade from nurse technician to nurse specialist, however,you should take an exam for nurse specialist.
      Your license will not cancelled as a technician if you fail the exam.I hope it helps.

  6. Hi mam , m a nurse in ksa
    I have written my saudi council exam in 2016 , but it was technician i got license, now i wanted to change to specialist, do i need to rewrite the exam? Please do reply and thank you

  7. Hi! I’m a returning ofw after 5 years. I think i have previous data flow when i was still working in Saudi Arabia. Should I apply as new since it’s a new contract? One more thing, my license was nursing technician which was expired last 2020, can i used the same and take the prometric exam for specialist once I’m in the Kingdom? By the way I have 5 years working gap that’s why I cannot apply for re-classification.

  8. Dear

    I have bachelors degree of pharmacy from India, and i am classified as technician also technician pharmacy license after the exam. i would like to upgrade my qualification to specialist and for that what is the procedure please explain.

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