Saudi recruiters to face heavy fines for visa violations

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Updated 28 May 2024
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Saudi recruiters to face heavy fines for visa violations

RIYADH: The General Directorate of Public Security announced that recruiters who postpone reporting the departures of employees as soon as their entry visas expire will be subject to a fine of about SR50,000 ($13,300), imprisonment for up to six months, and deportation of recruitees if they are expatriates.

The directorate called for reporting residency, work and border security regulation violations by dialing the numbers (911) in Makkah, Riyadh and the Eastern Province, and (999) in the rest of the Kingdom.

According to the Saudi Press Agency report, the directorate said that from May 23 until June 21, anyone holding a visit visa of any type is not permitted to enter or remain in Makkah.

A visit visa of any type and name does not entitle its holder to perform the Hajj pilgrimage, added the directorate.


KSrelief delivers vital food aid in 6 countries

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KSrelief delivers vital food aid in 6 countries

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s aid agency KSrelief distributed 131 food baskets to displaced and returning families in Rabak, White Nile state, Sudan, benefiting 865 people.

In Uzbekistan, the agency delivered 410 food baskets in Samarkand, reaching 1,547 people. The project aims to distribute 6,060 baskets of essential nutrition to 36,000 beneficiaries in 14 provinces.

KSrelief also provided 200 food baskets in Kamenica, Kosovo, benefiting 1,000 individuals as part of the Etaam project, which plans to deliver 8,017 baskets to 40,000 beneficiaries in 30 municipalities.

In Afghanistan, the agency distributed 110 cartons of dates to returnees from Pakistan and Iran at a refugee camp in Kabul province, assisting 660 people. This is part of a project to deliver 300 tonnes of dates to Afghans this year.

KSrelief distributed 765 cartons of dates to vulnerable groups in Moussoro, the capital of Barh El Gazel region in Chad, benefiting 4,590 individuals.

In Benin, the agency delivered 1,130 food baskets, reaching 6,780 people, as part of a project to distribute 7,825 baskets to 47,000 beneficiaries in several regions.