Jawazat has also stated that the same penalty will be levied on any establishment or employer that allows its Expat workers to engage in jobs for their own personal benefit or work with employers other than their original employers.

Fine of SR100,000 for hiring Expats illegally

Any company or employers will be banned from recruiting Expatriates for a period of up to five years. The names of the companies will be published in local media or newpaper at their own expense.

The managers concerned with illegally hiring of Expats will be sentenced to one year Jail, and this will be followed by deportation if the employer is an expatriate. Jawazat also clarified that the fines will be multiplied with the no of expatriate workers involved in violation.

The Jawazat urged everyone in public to inform if they find any such cases of violations of residency, labor, and border security regulations by calling the number 911 in Makkah and Riyadh regions, and 999 in all other regions of the Kingdom.

I request all my Expatriate brothers & sisters to help other expatriates to live legally in Saudi Arabia and follow labor and residency regulations.

Those arrested included 25,200 violators of the residency laws, about 25,017 violators of the border security regulations, and 3,360 violators of the labor law.

illegal Expats arrested in Saudi Arabia

Most of the expatriates were caught while trying to cross the border and trying to flee the from Saudi Arabia. Few of them were also arrested who assisted transporting violators and were giving them shelter.

The Ministry of Interior (MOI) in Saudi Arabia has warned that anyone who is caught facilitating anyone to enter Saudi Arabia in violation of the border security regulations, or provides him transportation or shelter or any assistance or service in any way, shall be awarded a maximum jail term of 15 years, a fine of up to SR1 million, and the confiscation of the means of transportation, and the residence used for shelter, in addition to publicizing their names in the local media.

The Authorities have now issued directives that if anyone who is helping infiltrators or illegal expats in Saudi Arabia will be strictly punished.

Fine of SR1 Million & Up to 15 Yrs Jail for helping infiltrators

A Fine of SR Million and Jail term between 5 to 15 Yrs will be levied on people helping infiltrators.

Helping also includes providing transportation to infiltrators within the kingdom or providing them with any help.

Apart from imprisonment a fine will also be levied, the means of transportation used for carrying infiltrators will be confiscated.

The accommodation prepared to shelter the infiltrator will also be confiscated. If the means of transportation or housing are owned by others, then the penalty is a maximum fine of SR1 million.

Anyone who gives transportation to an infiltrator is a man of good faith and the offense was committed out of negligence due to certain circumstances, in such case, the penalty will be a maximum fine of SR500,000; and a decision in this regard can be taken by the competent court after examining the circumstances.

In all the above cases, the penalty shall be published after the issuance of the final verdict in the case in one or more local newspapers or in any other appropriate medium at the expense of the convict, depending on the gravity of the crime and its impact.

The Public Prosecution shall undertake the investigation and prosecution of these crimes before referring them to the criminal court and the penalty shall be executed 15 days after issuance of the final verdict. Anyone who notifies the Ministry of the Interior with information useful for the arrest of infiltrators will be exempted from penalties stipulated in the law.

Unauthorized or illegal expatriates an foreign workers can face severe fines and penalties which can reach upto 6 months of Jail sentence along with a fines of SR 50,000 and deportation.

Going forward ther will also be a fine for expats who are working indepenently and violating work will be fined upto SR 10,000 and will be deported from Saudi Arabia if the violation first time. For second time Violation there will be a fine of SR 25,000 along with 1 month Jail and deportation. Third time Offenders will pay a fine of SR 50,000 and 6 months in Jail with deportation.

Main agenda of Amnesty period was to make Saudi Arabia ‘A Nation Free of Violation’ and now as the Amnesty period is over Saudi government is back of work an residence violators.

Though Amnesty Period was helpful for almost 6,00,000 expatriates who correcte their statuses. Ministry of Labor is at rush to sweep out illegal expatriates from Saudi Market to make Saudi free of Illegal workers.

Those who are working illegal, Be careful guys and try to make yoursefl legal and Allah will help you. Insha Allah