RIYADH – In a historic action in Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom has reformed its“Kafala” sponsorship system.
With the end of this long due sponsorship system, Labour Reform Initiative(LRI) has taken effect from Sunday (today) and it will give expatriateworkers freedom to secure exit and re-entry visas. The workers can nowreceive the final passport exit stamp and gain employment in the Kingdomwithout the permission of a sponsor.
Earlier in November 2020, the ‘Labour Relation Initiative’, was announcedby the kingdom’s Ministry of Human Resource and Social Development whichallows expatriate workers labour mobility, as well as amends existing exitprocedures.
The foreign workers can now transfer their sponsorship from one employer toanother and the requirement for their former employer’s approval isabolished.
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The new services will be available to the expat workers through thesmartphone application and the electronic web portal of the Ministry ofHuman Resource and Social Development.
