How to obtain a original letter of invitation to Saudi Arabia, once that is obtained how to apply for a visa?

The Saudi commission of tourism and antiquities has designated travel agents on their site that issue tourist visas

http://www.scta.gov.sa/en/Pages/default.aspx

but the restriction I think- you have to read through the site as it might have changed is to form a group of 4 visitors.

Also there are certain diving companies in Jeddah that issue visas for diving tours and you can nagotiate with the a diving trip+visit to the city you would like.

For muslims they usually apply for an umrah/hajj visa - they go to mecca and at the same time also visit friends, which is a good idea too.

Of course if any of your friends has a business they can apply for a business visa as you said and you will the pick it up at the local saudi embassy.

For your awareness

Letter of Invitation (LOI) are mostly came from certain company in Saudi Arabia that needs your services (job), it must be address also to one company (foreign) mentioning that they need someone related to certain profession for the accomplishments of some important task.

The company requests a working visa but said worker will only be in Saudi Arabia for 3 to 6 months, but most prefer to use visit visa, such visa are not allowing someone to work but such is the methods other company prefer to do, especially if the job they need to accomplish is urgent and with specific time to finish.

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Only family members can sponsor relatives. Friends can't. Sorry.

Invitation letters are requested from/issued by companies sponsoring a visitor in Saudi only.