As many as 30,000 Nepalis staying illegally in Saudi Arabia have taken “out-pass” from Embassy of Nepal in Riyadh so as to return home, press reports said. Some 11,000 Nepalis living in Jeddah, another 2,500 residing in Dammam and 16,000 living in Riyadh had applied for the exit pass and have already received it, said the embassy’s deputy chief, Harish Chandra Ghimire. The Saudi government had given an opportunity to an estimated 3.5 million foreigners living or working in the Kingdom illegally to acquire legal status. The Nepali mission estimates that up to 90,000 Nepali migrant workers could be labeled illegal if they fail to announce their status and initiate due process to get legal status. Thirty thousand people wishing to return home are among the workers staying ‘illegally” in the Gulf region. Changing workplace without informing the employers can make a migrant worker illegal in Saudi Arabia, and this is one reason many Nepalis are labeled illegal. According to the embassy, others have earned illegal status for overstaying or losing their passports. Up to 700,000 Nepali migrant workers are living in Saudi Arabia — one of the most-preferred destinations for Nepalis to work. #LifeInTheKingdom #Saudization #Nitaqat #KSA #Nepal
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:33:35 +0000
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