Exit process of expats from Saudi to start soon
17 May 2013 7:30 AM IST
Passport authorities in Saudi Arabia will start stamping the exit papers of stranded expatriate workers from 18 May to help them leave that country.
Indian Consul General in Jeddah, Faiz Ahmed Kidwai said in a community meeting that Saudi authorities will also start stamping papers issued by the consulate to expatriates who don’t have original passports and want to leave the country, local media reported Thursday.
The process does not apply to Indians and is applicable to all expatriates in distress in that Gulf nation.
Expatriate Indian workers have been thronging the Indian embassy in Saudi capital Riyadh and the consulate in Jeddah seeking emergency exit certificates after the implementation of the Nitaqat or Saudisation policy by the Saudi government.
The new policy makes it mandatory for all Saudi companies to reserve 10 percent of jobs for Saudi nationals. Faiz also said that presenting an air ticket while submitting exit papers is not necessary. There are around two million expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia, with many blue collar workers.
Indian Consul General in Jeddah, Faiz Ahmed Kidwai said in a community meeting that Saudi authorities will also start stamping papers issued by the consulate to expatriates who don’t have original passports and want to leave the country, local media reported Thursday.
The process does not apply to Indians and is applicable to all expatriates in distress in that Gulf nation.
Expatriate Indian workers have been thronging the Indian embassy in Saudi capital Riyadh and the consulate in Jeddah seeking emergency exit certificates after the implementation of the Nitaqat or Saudisation policy by the Saudi government.
The new policy makes it mandatory for all Saudi companies to reserve 10 percent of jobs for Saudi nationals. Faiz also said that presenting an air ticket while submitting exit papers is not necessary. There are around two million expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia, with many blue collar workers.
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