DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has started automatically extending the validity of residence permits – known as Iqama - of migrant workers who are outside the Kingdom and unable to return due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions, without charge.
The General Directorate of Passports is also extending the validity of visit visas, as well as exit and re-entry visas without fees or charges for all expatriates until Aug. 31, state news agency SPA reported.
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Saudi Arabia extends expat visas for those stranded outside Kingdom
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Saudi Arabia extends expat visas for those stranded outside Kingdom
- Validity of visit visas and exit and re-entry visas also extended without fees or charges for all expatriates until Aug. 31
Saudi Arabia condemns militant attack on Pakistani police
- Five Pakistani police personnel were killed on Tuesday when their van was ambushed in a bombing and shooting attack claimed by the militant Pakistani Taliban
RIYADH: The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday has condemned an attack that targeted Pakistani police in the country's northwest, killing five personnel.
Five Pakistani police personnel were killed on Tuesday when their van was ambushed in a bombing and shooting attack claimed by the militant Pakistani Taliban.
“The Kingdom reiterates its total rejection of all terrorist and extremist acts and its condemnation of attempts to undermine the security and stability of Pakistan and it’s brotherly people,” a statement by the foreign ministry said.
The ministry also expressed the kingdom’s “sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims and to the government and people of Pakistan in this painful loss.”
#بيان | تعرب وزارة الخارجية عن إدانة المملكة العربية السعودية للهجوم الذي استهدف أفراد من الشرطة الباكستانية بمنطقة كاراك التابعة لإقليم خيبر بختونخوا في جمهورية باكستان الإسلامية الشقيقة. pic.twitter.com/yyJys3BpzV
— وزارة الخارجية (@KSAMOFA) December 24, 2025
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