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Indian Ambassador in Saudi Arabia has appealed to the Indian community in the country to utilise the 3-month grace period to either regularise their stay or return to India with dignity,after the Kingdom adopted a new labour policy.
Our Embassy in Riyadh and our Consulate in Jeddah are currently undertaking a major campaign aimed at helping our fellow Indians in Saudi Arabia in their efforts to regularise their stay or to return to our homeland with dignity, Hamid Ali Rao said in a statement Monday.
The ambassador thanked the countrys rulers for offering three months grace period to correct the visa status of those affected by the Nitaqat programme.
A delegation led by Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi recently met Saudi Arabian Labour Minister Adel Fakieh to convey Indias concern over the Nitaqat programme,that makes it mandatory for local firms to hire one Saudi national for every 10 migrant workers.
