DEPENDENT FEE ON FINAL EXIT & NEW BORNS

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DEPENDENT FEE FOR NEW BORN'S & ON PROCESSING OF FINAL EXIT VISAS

As of now everyone knows that expatriates of Saudi Arabia living with family members have to pay dependent fee in advance before the renewal of Iqama, issuance of exit re entry and final exit visa. But there were confusions how much to pay for new born's and how much if you process final exit visa now. Trending :No Exit re Entry for family till you pay dependent fee

Jawazat people cleared the confusions of expatriates, People who are processing or want to process the final exit visa's for their family members or relatives have to pay dependent fee from 1st July 2017 till the issuance of their final exit visa, It means if you process the final exit for your dependents after 2 months you have to pay the dependent fee of 2 months starting from 1st July. Recommend :Dependent fee effected in Saudi from 1st July

- New born's are not exempted from this fee, Those expats children who newly born in Saudi Arabia on or after 1st July the dependent fee for them will be calculated based on their birth certificates and they should pay at the time of issuance of iqama, Similarly those families who newly entered in Saudi Arabia should pay at the time of issuance of iqama.

- Dependent fee is applicable for Expatriate wife or wives, sons(Below or Above 18), daughters(Below or Above 18), parents, wife's parents, house workers and drivers under the sponsorship of expatriate who are working in commercial companies. Similar : Rumors of dependent fee cancellation

- This dependent fee is applicable for all nationalities expatriates including Yemenis and Syrians living in Saudi Arabia with their family members or dependents.

- Most of the banks applied this fee from the day one under the section of government services or MOI services, Expatriates who want to inquire about the fee can check through their internet banking or ATM's. Most Viewed :Top Companies of Saudi Arabia for 2017

- The calculations of the dependent fee is based on your Iqama expiry date, It calculates even days before and after the effect of new fee between the 2017 to 2020.

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23000 QATAR FAKE ACCOUNTS TO ATTACK SAUDI

July 6, 2017, 11:47 am

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QATAR SOCIAL MEDIA FAKE ACCOUNTS SPREADING RUMORS ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi minister reveals according to the study more than twenty three thousand fake social media accounts launched by Qatar to attack Saudi Arabia after the disclosure of hostile schemes by Qatari authorities, The results of the study are exciting and very important. Most Viewed :Flight suspended To and From Qatar

Saud Al Qahtani, The Adviser of the Saudi Arabia's Royal court and the General Supervisor of the Center of Studies & Information Affairs tweeted in his twitter account. Related :Saudi Cut ties with Qatar

"It is interesting to note that the accounts in question use the same terms, one or more times in every six tweets, such as : Pretending to be Saudi citizen, How much are you paid, you are slaves, etc."

- All the information on this accounts are attacking the leadership of Saudi Arabia by the so called Saudi dissidents, as per the accounts examined said the minister, this article is published in Al Arabiya news.

- A specialized team of Kingdom studied those fake accounts and provided the information that 32% of those fake accounts are from Qatar, 28% from Lebanon, 24% from Turkey and 12% from Iraq. Trending :Dependent fee on final exit visa

- The researchers also revealed that their is continuous reference to Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, 86% of the accounts used contentious words to prince in order to divide the citizens of this Saudi Arabia.

- He also revealed that this fake accounts repeat the words like "Glory to Tamim", of which 43% of accounts use Tamim's face as profile picture and 9% of them have both Tamim's and Hamad pictures on their profile. 92% of the accounts are using fake pictures they never used real pictures. Recommend :Top Saudi companies for the year 2017

- According to the content of fake accounts, most of the words are non gulf like 'Lek Aini', 'Jinan', 'Ghoor', etc. as per the analysis of content conducted by AL Qahtani.

COMPANIES IN ACTION AFTER DEPENDENT FEE

July 7, 2017, 10:00 am

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PRIVATE COMPANIES ARE IN ACTION AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DEPENDENT FEE

Dependent Fee for Government Sector Employees :

Expatriates who are working in government sector are exempt from the dependent fee, Yes its true, we check with some employees of the public sector who have dependents, their bank shows zero amount as dependent fee, The General Directorate of Passports also confirmed that government sector expatriates are exempt from this fee. Related : Dependent fee on newborn Children

DEPENDENT FEE IS NON REFUNDABLE :

Once you pay the dependent fee, You will not get it back in any chances, It is non refundable, even though you process final exit after the payment of dependent fee. Recommend :No exit re entry or final exit till you pay dependent fee

COMPANIES ARE IN ACTION AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DEPENDENT FEE:

- Some companies have decided to pay the dependents fee of highly qualified and experienced expatriates in order to stop them from taking final exit from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

- Few of the private companies decided to pay the expatriates first year dependent fee and ask them to schedule your next payment yourself from the next year. Similar :Family Tax on Saudi Arabia Expats

- Most of the companies are revising the travel, education and vacation allowances of expatriates in order to bear the fee of expatriate dependent fee.

- It is possible that most of the private companies will naturally cut some of the allowances to compensate for the payment of the new dependent fee. Most Viewed : Top companies in Saudi Arabia in 2017

- More than few companies already issued notices to their expatriate employees that they should pay themselves, company is not responsible for dependent fee.

- As per the statistics of the General Authority, there are nearly 10 million expatriates living in the Kingdom out of which 2 million are living with their dependents. See Also :Rumors of dependent fee cancellation

NO DEPENDENT FEE FOR THIS CATEGORIES

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DEPENDENT FEE IS EXEMPTED FOR THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES

Dependent Fee is exempt for the following :

1. Expatriates who are working in government sector are exempt from the dependent fee, Yes its true, we check with some employees of the public sector who have dependents, their bank shows zero amount as dependent fee, The General Directorate of Passports also confirmed that government sector expatriates are exempt from this fee. Related : Dependent fee on newborn Children

2.  If the dependent have one Saudi Citizen Parent (Mother or Father), Then for those dependents the fee is exempted.

3. A widow or the divorced woman of a Saudi Citizen. They are exempted from the dependent fee. Recommended :Companies are in action after dependent fee

4. Wife or Wives of Saudi citizens are also exempted from the family tax or dependent fee.

5. Expatriates dependents who are living in Saudi Arabia and did not travel to any other country for more than 40 years are also listed in the dependent fee exempted category. New :Top Companies in Saudi Arabia

6. The last and final one is students, Foreign students who are currently studying in Saudi Arabia

TRANSFER TO NEW EMPLOYER WITHOUT KAFEEL

July 11, 2017, 10:29 am

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TRANSFER TO NEW EMPLOYER IF YOU MET ANY OF THIS CASES

The Ministry of Labor and Social Development announced that an expatriate employee or domestic worker can transfer his sponsorship to another employer, If the current employer delayed his salary for 3 months continuously without any reason. Most Viewed :Conditions for transferring to new employer

Labor and Social Development Minister Dr. Ali Bin Nasser Ghafis had issued a ministerial decision to approve the sponsorship transfers of expatriate employees or domestic workers in any of these below cases which will ensure better and speed up services that directly effect the attractiveness of the labor market for domestic workers. Related :Procedure to Transfer Car ownership

1. Salary of the employee or domestic worker is delayed for 3 months continuously with out any proper or valid reason.

2. If the employer or related person not received domestic worker from the port of Arrival, then also domestic workers can able to transfer their sponsorship.

3. If the employer not received employee or domestic worker from the accommodation within 15 days from the date of arrival in to the Kingdom.

4. In the case of failure of the employer to take out to the establishment or work place of a worker. Similar :Iqama transfer conditions

5. Non renewal of license even after the 30 days of the expiration date.

6. If the employer is renting worker services to the employee with out the knowledge of the worker.

7. Assigning domestic worker to work for the non relatives of the employer or to the second degree.

8. If the worker assigned to dangerous work where his health, life or the safety of body is threaten.

9. If the worker has evidence of ill treatment by the employer or his family members. Similar : Check criminal report on Iqama

10. If the complaint is received from the worker against the employer and cause the employer to prolong its consideration.

11. In case of the employer filed a incorrect complaint of absent from work against the worker.

12. If the employer or his representative not attended near the related authority to report on the complaint submitted by the worker. Trending :Employer violation penalties in Saudi

13. In case of employer is absent either out of country or imprisonment or death or any other reason and the salary is not received for the last 3 months.

As per the resolution, New employer may allow the worker to work before the transfer of its services, this period should not exceed 15 days, after getting a notice of transfer, new employer have to pay the transfer service fee and bear the costs of shelter during this period.

30 DAYS FOR EXPIRED EXIT RE ENTRY VISAS

July 13, 2017, 8:19 am

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JAWAZAT LIMITS 30 DAYS AFTER THE EXPIRY OF EXIT RE ENTRY VISAS 

The General Directorate of Passports explained to all the citizens and residents that if the dependent or family member of an expatriate goes on exit re entry visa and unable to come back before its expiry date then they have only 30 days of time to get a review from the Jawazat. Related :Procedure after Dependent Exit Re Entry Expired

Those who are unable to get review from the General Directorate of Passports department with in 30 days, Their dependent or family visa will be no more valid as the new automated system will overthrown those records from the Jawazat systems and the status will be changed to "No Longer Came Out". Similar :How to come back in new visa after re entry expired

- It is the Sponsor duty to take care of their family in order to avoid various penalties and fines prescribed in the Jawazat system.

- These information is a important notice to those all expatriates who sent their dependents or family members on exit re entry before the implementation of dependent fee ie,. July 1st of 2017 and for those who planned to remain their families in home countries. Recommended :Procedure to cancel exit re entry visa

- If those expatriates have plans to bring their family back into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, They have only thirty days of time to get a review from Jawazat after their exit re entry visa expired. Near by :Procedure to cancel final exit visa

NEXT PHASE OF WAGE PROTECTION SYSTEM

July 14, 2017, 12:33 pm

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WPS 11th PHASE FROM 1st AUGUST IN SAUDI ARABIA

Wage Protection System to move on its next level from 1st August of 2017, In this level it will cover all the private sectors or organizations of Saudi Arabia having more than 60 employees as per the statement of Ministry Of Labor and Social Development. Related : Wage Protection System in Saudi Arabia

What is WPS (Wage Protection System) ?

Wage Protection System will ensure that all the private sector employees are correctly paid as per their contracts, It will track all the salaries of expatriates and Saudi citizens on the private companies. New :Domestic workers can also transfer to another kafeel

- The 11th phase of Wage Protection System is about to cover 7000 organizations in the Kingdom which results in more than 481,000 employees as per the statement of Ministry's spokeperson, Khaled Aba Al Khalil.

- Wage Protection System will track all the private sector employees salaries to be paid on time from these companies, In case of failed to pay on time, the company will be penalized with 3000 Saudi Riyals per each employee salary delay. Similar :Salary Delay Penalties for Employer

- Salary delay will not only penalize the company, It also suspend all the services related to that company if they failed to pay the salaries of employees for 3 months as per the information provided in Wage Protection System of local banks.

- It will also let the employees of such companies to move to another company with out noticing to the current employer. Recommend : Transfer to another employer if your salary delayed

- Wage Protection System was first started on June 2013 as its first phase, At that time it was made mandatory for all the companies with more than 3000 employees, Like this, it covered all the organizations with more than 100 employees in its 10 phases, The 11th phase on its way on August 1st of 2017 covering more than 60 plus employees.

CHECK HOW MANY SIMS REGISTERED ON IQAMA

July 17, 2017, 7:10 am

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PROCEDURE TO CHECK HOW MANY SIM CARDS REGISTERED ON YOUR IQAMA

Communications and Information Technology Commission(CITC) was launched a service called "My Numbers" before few months, which allows expatriates and citizens to check the sim cards registered on their identity or Iqama, This service will get all the numbers registered with any telecom service provider in Saudi Arabia. Trending :Limit of Sim cards allowed in Saudi

1. Follow the below link and choose your preferred language English/Arabic.

https://portalservices.citc.gov.sa/E-Services/MyNumbers/MyNumbersInquiry.aspx

2. Expats can enter their "Iqama Number" and Saudi citizens have to enter their "identity number" in the first box, In the second box you can enter any "mobile number" on which you will get sms code to verify. Most Viewed :No Unlimited Internet on prepaid sim cards

- You can also skip entering "mobile number", If you do not have by clicking on the check box, But it will show you only service providers instead of numbers, For showing the numbers you should verify any mobile number. Recommend :Register sim cards through Absher

3. Enter the image code as you seen from above image and click ''Search", If you entered mobile number, you will get sms code to verify, Once you verified the sms code, You will see the list of numbers and service providers registered with your Iqama or Saudi identity. Hot :Fingerprint must for sim card

- If you found any other numbers which is not related to you, then you can complaint that service provider to cancel and close that number by following the related customer care numbers.

STC : 900
Mobily : 1100
Zain : 959

Friendi : 166000

Virgin : 1789

- You can also complaint online by following the below link, which will resolve your issue by the service provider with in 15 days.
https://portalservices.citc.gov.sa/E-Services/Complaint/LandingScreen.aspx

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COMPLAINT TO TELECOM OPERATOR WITH CITC

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PROCEDURE TO COMPLAINT WITH TELECOM SERVICE PROVIDER ONLINE USING CITC

Communications and Information Technology(CITC) provides you a unique online way for submitting complaints to your telecom service providers with out visiting their office just through the CITC portal. You can complaint with any of the Saudi telecom like STC, Mobily, Zain, Go, Bayanat Al Oula, Integrated Telecom, Virgin, Lebara, etc. The telecom operators have to solve your complaint with in 15 days. Trending :Check sims on your iqama

To add complaint with your telecom operator :

1. Visit CITC portal by following this link

https://portalservices.citc.gov.sa/E-Services/Complaint/LandingScreen.aspx

2. Click on "Add Complaint" then "Submit Complaint", After that Choose your 'Complaint type' and 'service provider' from the available options. Similar :Free sim at Saudi airports

- Financial Objections

- Service canceled without request

- Canceling service not done

- Bad Service

- Service not done

- Services added without request

- Expose of confidentail information

- Transfer number

- Invoice detail not sent

- Addition to sema records wrongfully

- Spam

- Electromagnetic complaint

- If their is unknown sim on your name or your balance is deducting by any of the service then you can choose "Services added without request". Related :Sim's limit on Saudi Expat

3. It will take you to another page where you need to enter your details like Identity, Service number, complaint type, and complaint details, attach screenshot If you have any.

4. Enter the image code, and click "Send to service provider" at the top of the form. Recommend :No more unlimited plans on sim cards

- You can also track the complaints by entering 'Complaint Number' and 'ID Number'. See Also : Check Balance in STC sawa

- If your complaint did not resolve in 15 days, You can "Escalate Complaint" to the CITC.

PLANS TO SHUT EXPAT BAKALAS

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SHOURA COUNCIL PROPOSAL TO SHUT EXPAT BAKALA'S

Ministry of Labor and Social Development prepared a draft decision, where expats are no more allowed to work in bakalas, the jobs in the bakalas will be 100% Saudized to the citizens of Saudi Arabia. New :Procedure to complaint sim operators online

As per the Shoura Council proposal all the bakala's will be closed for expats and this opportunities will be only for Saudi citizens, Many businessmen, economists and citizens provided their full support to this proposal. Trending :Check how many sims available on your iqama

- This proposal from Shoura Council also force retail shopping centers to employ more male and female citizens, As per the report the decision will provide more than 20,000 jobs to Saudi's in the implementation of its first year.

- Plans are being prepared to attract Saudi people for this jobs, Ministry is also planning to limit the work in food and soft drink mobile vans to only Saudi's, As it will provide more than 6000 jobs for citizens. Recommend :Return iqama's if expats exit re entry expired

- As per the proposal of Shoura Council, Ministry of Labor and Social Development , Municipal and rural affairs is about to close all small grocery stores (bakalas) and will provide licenses to big stores, who can employ more Saudi men and women in this sector.

- Expats in bakala stores are working in the names of Saudi citizens by paying some fee to them, After this proposal approved, It will be no more allowed in the Kingdom. Hot : Domestic workers can transfer to new kafeel

- According to the figures released as per the Vision 2030, there are only 300,000 Saudi citizens out of 1.5 million workers in the retail sector.

HARAMAIN TRAIN BETWEEN MAKKAH & MADINA

July 25, 2017, 11:38 am

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HARAMAIN HIGH SPEED TRAIN BETWEEN MAKKAH & MADINA VIA JEDDAH

Haramain train will connect the holy cities Makkah and Madina via Jeddah Airport and King Abdullah Economic City in Rabigh. This high speed electrified train recently completed its trail run between Jeddah and Madina at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour. Recommend : Refund or Update the booked train tickets online

The estimation cost of the Haramain train is 62 billion Saudi Riyals, As per the expectation, it will serve 60 million passengers annually via 35 trains on double line and it will be operational by the end of 2017 or the beginning of the 2018 as a part of vision 2030. Related :New train between Riyadh and Al Qassim

HARAMAIN TRAIN HAS 5 STATIONS :

- Makkah Central Station is near the 3rd Ring Road at south.

- Jeddah Central Station is located on the Haramain Road.

- King Abdulaziz International Airport station will be a last station.

- Madina city has only one passenger station at the north end of the line.

- One station is in King Abdullah Economic city in Rabigh. Similar :Trains between Dammam & Riyadh

HARAMAIN TRAIN PROJECT :

- The Haramain High speed train will be travel at a speed of 360 kilometers per hour.

- The time travel of this train between the Mecca and Madina will be 2 hours and 30 minutes, Mecca to Jeddah will be 21 minutes, Jeddah to King Abdulaziz Airport will be 14 minutes, Airport to Rabigh in 36 minutes and Rabigh to Madina will be 1 hour.

- Haramain high speed electrified train is designed to provide a fast, comfortable, reliable and safe mode of transport. See Also : SAPTCO bus services

- The 450km electric track trains will be equipped with latest signaling and communications system.

CONVERT HIJRI TO GREGORIAN DATE

August 1, 2017, 12:11 pm

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CONVERT DATES FROM GREGORIAN TO HIJRI OR HIJRI TO GREGORIAN

END OF THE ROAD FOR SAUDI OGER

August 2, 2017, 11:42 am

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SAUDI OGER COMPANY SHUT THE DOORS FOR EVER

Saudi Oger, Once a giant company in the Kingdom, now oficially shut the doors after serving 39 years in the Saudi Arabia market, It was owned by the family of Labenese Prime Minister Saad Al Hariri. Recommend :Employer Violation penalties

As per the reports, Saudi Oger hit hard by the slowdown in the Kingdom's construction sector, Most of the employees of the company were expatriates and they suffered for months without salaries and few of them left to their home countries without receiving payments. Trending :Salary delay fine on company

- Saudi Oger sell off their assets, The company notified its employees that they are closing the doors by the end of the July.

- It is also reported that the National Electricity Company has cut off power from the company's head office and its branches. Related :11th Phase of Wage protection in Saudi

- As it was still in contract with King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, The King's palace in Tangier and a project in Mecca, Saudi Oger officially handed it to the other company.

- As per the Labor Ministry, Ministry planned to transfer 600 Saudi employees to other companies and it also working to transfer around 6000 expatriate workers to other companies. Similar :Domestic workers can transfer on salary delays

- Before a month Saudi Arabia Executive Court issued a verdict forcing Oger to pay salaries owed to employees, The court also forced Oger to taking legal possession of assets and properties. See Also : how to Send money to home country

END OF SERVICE AWARD CALCULATOR

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CALCULATE END OF SERVICE BENEFITS AWARD

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50 RED SEA ISLANDS TOURISM IN KSA

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FIFTY RED SEA ISLANDS TURNING INTO LUXURY TOURISM RESORTS

Fifty Red sea islands in Saudi Arabia are turning into luxury tourism resorts soon, The average temperature of the red sea holiday zone is 30c around the year and as expected It is going to attract one million tourists per year by 2035.

In the year 2016, 18 million people visited Saudi Arabia from various countries for Umrah and Hajj, These pilgrim did not visited any tourist places except Makkah, Madina and Jeddah.

- Saudi Arabia is home to many archaeological sites, beaches and diving, even though it is not familiar as holiday spot like Egypt's Red Sea resorts and the Petra city in the Jordan.

- Authorities of the Kingdom says the tourist zone will make easier for foreigners so that they can visit without worrying about the laws which are available in the rest of the Kingdom.

- The telegraph news paper wrote in article this Red sea resort will allow women to wear bikinis instead of covering up their skin? How much true is it, we do not know, what we know is the Red sea tourist place will be governed by laws on the International standards.

- The Red Sea will be one of the world's last natural hidden treasures in between the cities of Umlaj & Alwajh. This project will create 35000 jobs in the Kingdom and it will generate 15 billion Saudi Riyals.

- Construction at Red Sea is about to start in autumn of 2019 and projected to finish by the end of the 2022, The Kingdom's PIF (Public Investment Fund) will provide the funding for this project before the investments are invited from the international bodies.

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YEAR WISE EXPAT LEVY FEE ON COMPANIES

August 4, 2017, 5:03 pm

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EXPAT IQAMA FEE ON COMPANIES IN 2018, 2019 & 2020

After the dependent fee another scheduled expat levy fee is about to effect on January 2018 for companies, where the number of expat employees are equal or lower than the Saudi employees and on the companies, where the expat employees are more than the Saudi citizen employees. Trend :Saudi Expat Dependent Fee

Currently companies with more expatriate employees than Saudi citizen employees are paying an expat levy fee of 200 Saudi Riyals per month that is 2400 Saudi Riyals per year.

1. Starting from January 2018, Companies who have more or equal Saudi employees than expat employees will pay an expat levy fee of 300 Saudi Riyals per month that is 3600 Saudi Riyals per year. Recommend :Pay dependent fee for Exit re Entry

- If the companies have more expat employees than Saudi citizen employees then the expat levy fee will be SR 400 per month that equals SR 4800 per year.

2. In the year 2019, The expat levy fee will be SR 500 per month on the companies where Saudi citizen employees are equal or more than expatriate employees, which costs yearly 6000 Saudi Riyals per year. Similar :Pay dependent fee on final exit

- For the companies who have more expatriate employees than Saudi employees then the expat levy fee will be SR 600 per month which costs SR 7200 per year on each employee.

3. Starting from January 2020, The expat levy fee will be 700 Saudi Riyals on each employee where foreign employees are equal or less than Saudi citizens, That costs 8400 SR. Related :Skip dependent fee if you are in this list

- An expat levy fee of SR 800 on each expat employee where expatriate employees are more than Saudi employees, which costs a company to pay SR 9600 Saudi Riyals per year.

- Now the question is will companies bear this huge fee for an expat? Big companies may manage to pay, then what about the small companies? So, Our suggestion is to think wise and stay safe, Be prepared yourself to go to your home country any time instead of a sudden shock, In Sha Allah, we hope and pray that day will not come in our life where companies pressure us to go. Hot :Convert Arabic date to English date

WORK PERMIT OR MAKTAB AMAL FEE PAYMENT STATUS

August 5, 2017, 6:05 am

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CHECK YOUR WORK PERMIT OR MAKTAB AMAL FEES PAYMENT STATUS

Maktab Amal Fee or Work permit fee is to be paid to Ministry Of Labor by the employer for each expat employee in his company, This fee is in between SR 100 to SR 2400 depending on the nitaqat category and Saudi employees with the sponsor or the company, To check the payment status of your work permit follow the below procedure. Most Viewed :Check Iqama transfer status

1. Visit Ministry Of Labor website by following this link
https://www.mol.gov.sa/Services/Inquiry/LaborOfficeServicesInquiry.aspx

2. Currently this service is available only in Arabic, However we will guide it for you in English, Once the link is open, You can select the third option "خدمة رخص العمل", You can also refer the image to know the exact option. Trending :Check your Iqama Sponsor ID

- Now enter your "Iqama number" in the 2nd text box, Skip the 3rd box, In the 4th box enter the image code as shown in the above image, Then click on "بحث", Refer the below graphic image. Recommend : Check huroob status on iqama

- Now it will fetch your records from Ministry Of Labor data and the result will be displayed just below the filled online form. Hot :Check your company color status

- You can right click on the page and use Translate, If you are unable to translate then here meanings of the various status.

تم السداد - Payment Done

منتهي الصلاحية - Payment is not done after work permit expiry.

MACHINE READABLE PASSPORTS FOR BANGLADESHIS IN SAUDI

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EMBASSY CALLS BANGLADESHI'S TO APPLY FOR FRESH PASSPORTS

Starting from August 1st, Bangladesh Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is issuing Machine Readable Passports for Bangladeshi expatriates living in KSA through the Saudi postal department called Saudi Post. Recommend : Does Zakir Naik have Saudi Citizenship?

Bangladeshi Embassy asked all the Bangladeshi expatriates living in Saudi Arabia to submit application forms and the related documents to the designated offices of Saudi post and can collect new passports from the same office. Trending :Saudi gifts tons of dates

- Bangladeshi citizens need not to visit Embassy for the processing of Machine Readable Passports like earlier, As they can submit now the documents to the Saudi post, so that they can save time and money. More over they need not to take leaves from their employer to visit Embassy.

- The deadline for submitting application forms for the Machine Readable Passports is September 30. Bangladeshi expats in Saudi need to pay only 40 to 80 Riyals in addition to their fixed passport fees. Most Viewed :No more ban on Bangladeshi workers

- Once the applications received you will get SMS message from Embassy, Similarly they will inform you through SMS while your passports are ready for distribution.

- It takes 20 to 25 days for this process, Applicants can also inquire their application status any time by visiting Embassy desk or website.

http://www.bangladeshembassy.org.sa

- In the year 2014 to 2015, Bangladesh Embassy distributed 400,000 Machine Readable Passports in Saudi Arabia for the citizens of Bangladesh. See Also :Call Center for Bangladeshi Expats

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PROCEDURE & CONDITIONS TO ISSUE FINAL EXIT VISA FOR FAMILY MEMBERS

Issuing final exit visa for an expat or an employee is only under the hands of sponsor, How ever you can issue final exit visa to your dependents or family members as you are the sponsor to your family members or dependents. The below procedure will guide you how to issue final exit visa online through MOI portal. Recommend :Things to do before final exit visa

- Before you process final exit visa for your family members you need to pay their dependent fee up to the departure date, As final exit visa has a validity of 60 days from the applied date, You need to pay dependent fee up to that 60 days. Most Viewed :Dependent fee on final exit visa

- You can also cancel the issued final exit visa before the visa validity expire without any fine or penalty. After final exit you should submit iqama to jawazat with in 30 days from the date of expiry date. Related :Return iqama with in 30 days after final exit

- To apply final exit visa for your dependents online you should have MOI Absher account, If you do not have Absher account till now, You can create now in easy process by following this article "Register for MOI Abser Service".

Procedure to apply final exit visa for dependents :

1. Login to your Absher account, Click on "E-Services", Then from left hand side select "Passports" and then choose "Dependent Services".

2. In the next page you will see your all dependent details, click on "Next", Now you need to choose the dependent to whom you need to issue final exit visa, At the last you will see a button of "Issue Final Visa".

3. Once you click "Issue Final Visa", A new page will appear with the name of dependent, Iqama number and Passport number, In this page you should read all the terms and have to agree with it, then click "OK".

4. The next page will show you dependent details and here also you should agree with the terms and then click on the button "Issue Final Exit".

5. Now it will display you a message on the top "The Final exit visa is successfully issued and sent to passport department systems, There is no need to print the visa to be shown at the immigration, Iqama is under the sponsor's responsibility it should be collected".

- Note : Now iqama's should be submitted to Jawazat with in 30 days after the applicant final exit from Saudi Arabia. See Also : Activate MOI absher service

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4 STANDARD COLORS OF PASSPORTS AROUND THE WORLD

Did you ever wonder why the passports around the world are limited to four colors red, green, blue and black, We will enlighten you the logic behind this, All over the world only this 4 standard colors or its shades used for their nationalities passports, However, Countries are free to decide their own colors. Recommend :Labor penalties on sponsor violations

Here is an exception of this colors, Canada's temporary passport is white in color, because sometimes more than colors look and uniqueness is also matter, Anyway their is no proper reason behind the white passport. United States tried all the four standard colors on their passports. Most viewed :Free sim for expats at Saudi Airport

- Almost all countries follow one of this 4 standard colors or its shades or its variations. We bring you here the logic or reason behind your nationality passport color.

GREEN PASSPORTS :

Most Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, etc use green passports because of the importance of the color in their religion. Shades of green are also used by West African countries like Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, etc where the color indicates that they belongs to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). See Also :All airlines baggage allowances from or to Saudi

BLUE PASSPORTS :

Countries with blue passport color are believed to belong the so called 'new world' league of nations, Countries like India, North America, South America, Australia, etc use this color on their passports. Read this :Penalties on Iqama violations

RED PASSPORTS :

Red color is to be considered the communist movement worldwide, where their is a history of the communists or still in the influence of communists. Countries like China, Serbia, Lativa, etc uses red color on their nationality passports.

BLACK PASSPORTS :

Black color passports are very rare, New Zealand chooses its passports as black to sync with their national color, African countries like Zambia, Angola, etc are also uses black passports. New : Year wise expat levy on companies in Saudi