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<\/p>\nGood News for Expatriates Living in Saudi Arabia is that Iqama Profession Changes are open now by the Ministry of Labor & Social Development.<\/p>\n
The Ministry lifted the ban on Iqama Profession Change to pave the way for applying new occupation matrix and classifying the professions on a standard and sub classification which will be implemented in new Hijri year.<\/p>\n
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How the System will Classify?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n It is a four-level hierarchically structured classification which allows all the jobs in the world to be classified into 436 different unit groups.<\/p>\n These groups form the most detailed level of the classification structure and are aggregated into 130 minor groups, 43 sub-major groups and 10 major groups, based on their similarity in terms of the skill level and skill specialization required for the jobs.<\/p>\n Prior to the ban on change of profession in 2017, a total of 805,641 expatriates changed their job titles in three years. Asian expatriates at 65% topped the list of those who changes their iqama professions, according to a local media report.<\/p>\n Iqama profession change applications should be submitted online at the ministry\u2019s portal. Job titles will not be changed if they are not in line with the occupation matrix system & the labor rules, said ministry\u2019s spokesman Khaled Aba Al-Khail.<\/p>\n The new system links the Saudi Council of Engineers, the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties and the Saudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants to make sure the worker has a professional certification in the engineering, medical and accounting fields.<\/p>\n The ministry seeks to regulate the labor market, serve customers better and provide accurate data related to occupations, Aba Al-Khail said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"