Saudi Arabia has decided to limit the family visitors visa span to six months, affecting 2.8 million Indian workers living in the Kingdom. The period would start once a visitor arrives in the country and registers on the passport department’s computerised system, said Lt Col Ahmed bin Fahad Al-Luhaidan. He said the visa will not… Read More »

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – The tourism sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has high expectations for a big boost in the market next year, after the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) approved provisions to issue tourism visas and regulate the system, in order to revive local tourism. If the proposals are finally… Read More »

Saudi Arabia has completed regularisation of nearly four million foreign workers in the last four months as part of its ‘Nitaqat’ programme, with 1.18 million expats choosing to change their profession. “As many as 1.12 million expats corrected their professions until July 6. We have also issued and renewed more than 1.6 million work permits… Read More »