Working in Saudi Arabia

• Some relief finally? 5 days ago The last three days have seen such a frenzied activity that each time I tried to write about one topic, there was a new development popping up immediately, so I decided to wait and consolidate all of them.You might recollect my earlier article (click here) about the changes to the original Nitaqat...
• To work or not to? 1 week ago This blog has maintained since its inception that for expatriates working in Saudi Arabia, the only thing certain in the kingdom is uncertainty. This has been proved repeatedly by the grandeur in which spate of rules and regulations are announced, only to be retracted with equal ferocity.Probably...
• Now, pay for your return tickets! 3 weeks ago The Cabinet has
• New changes to Nitaqat scheme 2 months ago Remember all the hype about the Nitaqat scheme when it was introduced? I would like to recollect for the benefit of readers that as per the color code scheme, expatriates in the red category could get themselves transferred to yellow or green category companies. It was also announced with great...
• What next? 3 months ago The series of raids on small business establishments in the past ten days have unnerved the expatriate community in the kingdom. It was expected for quite some time, because the deadline for such business establishments to hire at least one Saudi expired last week. As usual, we find the chorus in...

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