<p>Ahead of the July 3 amnesty deadline, India has asked its nationals living in Saudi Arabia, who have received their Emergency Certificates (ECs), to get their final exit visa immediately from the Saudi authorities.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Indian embassy in Riyadh said that it has completed the process of issuing ECs to all those applicants who have verified their personal particulars with the mission.<br />The new Saudi labour law called “Nitaqat” makes it mandatory for local companies to hire one Saudi national for every 10 migrant workers.<br /><br />As a result, a number of people from foreign countries who were working without valid work permits and runaways have come under the scanner.<br /><br />Once the three-month grace period for such workers to leave the country ends on July 3, all expatriates found in Saudi Arabia without valid papers will be jailed and heavily penalised.<br /><br />The Indian embassy has been issuing ECs to such nationals to enable them to leave Saudi Arabia.</p>
<p>Ahead of the July 3 amnesty deadline, India has asked its nationals living in Saudi Arabia, who have received their Emergency Certificates (ECs), to get their final exit visa immediately from the Saudi authorities.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Indian embassy in Riyadh said that it has completed the process of issuing ECs to all those applicants who have verified their personal particulars with the mission.<br />The new Saudi labour law called “Nitaqat” makes it mandatory for local companies to hire one Saudi national for every 10 migrant workers.<br /><br />As a result, a number of people from foreign countries who were working without valid work permits and runaways have come under the scanner.<br /><br />Once the three-month grace period for such workers to leave the country ends on July 3, all expatriates found in Saudi Arabia without valid papers will be jailed and heavily penalised.<br /><br />The Indian embassy has been issuing ECs to such nationals to enable them to leave Saudi Arabia.</p>