Grace period likely to be extended----- JEDDAH – The three-month grace period granted by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to expatriate workers to correct their status may be extended, according to informed sources. The sources said the ministerial committee assigned to follow-up on the correction procedures is expected to ask for a new extension of three more months. They said the committee reached the decision after noticing that the grace period, which would end on July 3, was not enough to enable the huge number of foreigners rectify their status within the time frame. The committee noted that the procedures of status correction were slow and that the expatriates overcrowded the offices of the Jawazat and the Labor Ministry queuing for long hours under scorching sun. Meanwhile, Director of the branch office of the Labor Ministry in Riyadh Fahd Bin Ali Al-Khilaiwi said that a massive campaign against violating expats would be launched by the Jawazat and the Labor Ministry after the grace period ends. He said so far between 450,000 and 500,000 foreigners have corrected their status in Riyadh.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:55:08 +0000
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