Live! Saudi ruler extends 'Nitaqat' deadline by 4 months
July 03, 2013  09:16

In a breather to thousands of undocumented expats including Keralites, Saudi ruler King Abdullah has extended the 'Nitaqat' grace period and given them four more months to have their status corrected. A royal order cited by a Ministry of Interior statement and carried by the Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday said the three-month grace period, which ends on July 4, will be extended to the end of the current Hijra year 1434, that is November 4, 2013. 

 

Once the new deadline expires, inspections by appropriate agencies such as the labour and interior ministries, will resume in various regions of the kingdom and all penalties will apply to violators, the statement said. This is the second time the kingdom has given relief to the expatriates, as 'Nitaqat' was originally supposed to end in March and the King had given a three-month extension.

 

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