The Basic Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) in Saudi Arabia has warned to all of the employers inside Saudi Arabia that heavy fines as much as SR100,000 will probably be levied on any institution or employer who employs expatriates in violation of the labor and residency rules.
Jawazat has additionally acknowledged that the identical penalty will probably be levied on any institution or employer that permits its Expat employees to have interaction in jobs for their very own private profit or work with employers apart from their unique employers.
High-quality of SR100,000 for hiring Expats illegally
Any firm or employers will probably be banned from recruiting Expatriates for a interval of as much as 5 years. The names of the businesses will probably be revealed in native media or newpaper at their very own expense.
The managers involved with illegally hiring of Expats will probably be sentenced to at least one yr Jail, and this will probably be adopted by deportation if the employer is an expatriate. Jawazat additionally clarified that the fines will probably be multiplied with the no of expatriate employees concerned in violation.
The Jawazat urged everybody in public to tell in the event that they discover any such instances of violations of residency, labor, and border safety rules by calling the quantity 911 in Makkah and Riyadh areas, and 999 in all different areas of the Kingdom.
I request all my Expatriate brothers & sisters to assist different expatriates to reside legally in Saudi Arabia and observe labor and residency rules.
