Permanent residency for expats, a welcome move
Home Saudi Arabia Permanent residency for expats, a welcome move SAUDI ARABIA Apr 7, 2016 100715 98 Facebook Twitter Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman Shams Ahsan JEDDAH — Expatriates have overwhelmingly welcomed the announcement by Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, that Saudi Arabia was planning to give permanent residency to foreign workers similar to the US Green Card system. “The Green Card-like program and a plan to allow employers to hire more foreign workers above their official quotas for a fee could generate $10 billion a year each,” the deputy crown prince told Bloomberg in an exclusive interview. Nidal Ridwan, chairman of the Federation of Labor Committees in the Kingdom, told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that he expected the formation of an independent authority to implement t...