Cabinet to cover fees of expats working in industrial facilities for 5 years

The Saudi Cabinet has decided to cover the incremental cost of expatriates working in all licensed industrial facilities for five years.

The decision will come into effect as of October 1, 2019.

The Kingdom began early January 2018 to apply new fees on foreign workers, in line with the Fiscal Balance Program launched end of 2017.

The fees set until January 2020 vary between SAR 300 and SAR 700 per month per employee, if the number of expats does not exceed the number of nationals, and between SAR 400 and SAR 800 if foreign workers number outweighs nationals.