Saudi extends grace period for illegal workers

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has ordered an extension to the deadline of the grace period for workers in violation of employment rules to hand themselves in to the authorities, allowing them to stay until the end of the current Hijri year 1434.

Director of the branch office of the Labour Ministry in Riyadh, Fahd Bin Ali Al-Khilaiwi, said that a massive public campaign against violating expatriate workers would be launched by the Jawazat and the Labour Ministry after the existing grace period ends on July 3rd, giving details of the new extension, and the penalties applicable thereafter.

The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) stated that the Ministries of Interior and Labour in the Kingdom ask everyone to meet all the statutory requirements and correct their situation as soon as possible during the extended grace period referred to, saying that those who do not respond to it would be likely to have the maximum penalties allowable applied against them in accordance with the provisions of the law.

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