{"id":11943,"date":"2025-01-07T13:55:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T08:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=11943"},"modified":"2025-01-07T13:55:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T08:55:54","slug":"important-news-for-pakistanis-holding-saudi-iqama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=11943","title":{"rendered":"Important News for Pakistanis Holding Saudi Iqama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"20852859-5c44-417b-9eb6-b971e61b5690\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><strong>In Saudi Arabia, an Iqama (residence permit) is essential for legally residing in the country, and it is mandatory to renew it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a 2023 survey report, the total number of foreigners in Saudi Arabia exceeds 10 million. According to a report from the Saudi Gazette last year, over 10 million people from Pakistan, India, Egypt, Yemen, and Bangladesh are employed in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia has 3 million Indians, 2.5 million Pakistanis, 2.2 million Egyptians, 1.4 million Yemenis, and 1.2 million Bangladeshis. The new fee for extending the exit and re-entry visa is 103.5 Saudi Riyals.<\/p>\n<p>The Absher business platform in Saudi Arabia has set the fee for renewing residence permits (Iqama) at 57.75 Saudi Riyals.<\/p>\n<p>The fee for a final exit is set at 70 Saudi Riyals, while the latest fee for issuing an Iqama is 5.75 Saudi Riyals.<\/p>\n<p>However, the fee for updating passport information for foreigners is 69 Saudi Riyals.<\/p>\n<p>A post on social media from the Absher business platform mentioned that these fees are charged in exchange for the services provided to the people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Saudi Arabia, an Iqama (residence permit) is essential for legally residing in the country, and it is mandatory to renew it. According to a 2023 survey report, the total number of foreigners in Saudi Arabia exceeds 10 million. According to a report from the Saudi Gazette last year, over 10 million people from Pakistan, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,37],"tags":[3459,4839,2916,4840],"class_list":["post-11943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-world","tag-holding","tag-important-news","tag-pakistanis","tag-saudi-iqama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}