Recruitment regulations and laws​

Issuance Requirements Regulations and Laws

Regulations and laws for issuing recruitment visas

First: A Saudi family may bring in a domestic worker or a private driver after meeting the conditions and financial ability.

Second: Approval to bring in a domestic worker requires the presence of children or a second wife or supporting the parents.

Third: Approval for another driver if the applicant has more than one wife and children in schools or unmarried employed daughters.

Fourth: Approval for every citizen who suffers from disability due to age, illness or disability, he or one of his family members who are legally supported, after submitting a recent medical report proving his condition and need.

Fifth: Approval to bring in the profession of a rest house worker under the following conditions:

  • The area of ​​the rest house must not be less than (1000 square meters) and owned by the applicant and registered with the competent government agency.
  • No more than one rest house worker is approved, regardless of the justifications or the number of rest houses owned by one person.
  • Availability of financial ability.

Sixth: An alternative visa may be approved for a domestic worker or private driver after issuing a final exit visa from the Passports Department (stamped on the driver’s or worker’s passport) and taking a pledge from the employer to leave and provide proof of that within two months and to indicate the employer’s record on the computer for follow-up.

Seventh: Non-previous cases are referred to the Personnel Recruitment Committee at the Ministry of Labor to consider those cases according to their data.

Eighth: Financial capacity is determined as follows:

  • First recruitment case: 3,500 riyals
  • Second recruitment case: 8,000 riyals
  • Third recruitment case: 12,000 riyals
  • Fourth recruitment case: 15,000 riyals
  • More than four cases are presented to the Personnel Recruitment Committee at the Ministry.

Ninth: The justification or document for financial capacity is as follows:

  • Government employee: A certificate from his employer specifying his monthly salary.
  • Private sector employee: A certificate from social insurance specifying his monthly salary.
  • Anyone who does not work in either the public or private sector must submit a new bank statement for six months with a monthly balance not less than the list mentioned in Clause Eight, as the case may be.

Tenth: The Director of Personnel Recruitment has the authority to exempt from demanding proof of financial ability in cases he deems appropriate.

Recruitment regulations and laws for women

Cases in which a woman is allowed to bring a domestic worker and the required documents to be provided

First: Widow:

  1. The woman’s civil registry.
  2. A legal power of attorney.
  3. A copy of the inheritance certificate and proof of widowhood.
  4. Proof of income for her or one of her children with a pledge to pay the expenses.
  5. A pledge that there is no previous file for recruitment in her husband’s name.
  6. A scene certified by the mayor with the testimony of two witnesses that she is not currently married.

Second: Divorcee:

  1. The woman’s civil registry.
  2. A legal power of attorney.
  3. Proof of income (certificate from the employer).
  4. A copy of the divorce certificate.
  5. A scene certified by the mayor with the testimony of two witnesses that she is not currently married.

Third: Married to a non-Saudi:

  1. The woman’s civil registry.
  2. A legal power of attorney.
  3. Proof of income for her or her husband.
  4. A copy of the husband’s residence.
  5. A copy of the marriage contract.

Domestic workers professions available for recruitment

مهن العمالة المنزلية

Attach a certified medical report for the home nurse
Others include (home nanny, home nanny, physical therapy specialist, private teacher or private school, specialist reader, speech and language specialist, or any similar                          profession  that the person with special needs needs)

Maximum number of visas and domestic workers​

الحد الأعلى لعدد التأشيرات

Financial capacity requirements​

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Financial capacity requirements for people with special needs​

شروط القدرة المالية لذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة

Financial capacity requirements for non-Saudis with special needs​

شروط القدرة المالية لذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة غير السعوديين