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Employer No Longer Needs to Pay the Exit and Reentry Visa Fee: Saudi Arabia plans to criminalize brokerage in the employment of Saudis and recruiting of foreigners by imposing a hefty fine ranging between SR200,000 and SR500,000. The proposed amendments in the Labor Law also include 14-week maternity leave with full pay for working women instead…

Saudi Arabia considering key amendments to Labour Law: Saudi Arabia is considering criminalising unlicensed brokerage in employing Saudis and expatriates in the job market, according to local media. Saudi Arabia considering key amendments to Labour Law Under the new rule, the Kingdom will not allow any person to employ Saudis or recruit…

Saudi Arabia to build a car-free city: Sustainable city ‘The Line’ will be built by Neom in northwestern Saudi Arabia. The idea is building a city with zero cars, zero streets and zero carbon emissions. Saudi Arabia to build a car-free city Saudi Arabia, the world’s leading crude oil exporter, has pledged to build “The Line”, an eco-city with…

Saudi Arabia announced 140 new Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia announced 140 new Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. Ministry of Health announced new cases of coronavirus. The total number of cases is now 363,949 as of 11th January 2021. Details below. Saudi Arabia announced 140 new Coronavirus cases – Total 363,949 As of 11th January 2021,…

Users switching to Signal: "WhatsApp" application owned by Facebook, which provides a messaging service between people, has raised the concerns of the application users after it announced a change in the privacy policy. To ensure that Facebook does not share its data with other parties for the purpose of achieving more profits. Users switching to…

Five year visit visa for citizens: The Council of Ministers approved an agreement between the governments of Saudi Arabia and Brazil regarding the procedures to grant visit visas for the citizens of the two countries. The duration of the multiple visit visa is five years and the fee is SR300 ($80). Five year visit visa for citizens of Saudi Arabia…