Iqama Violations & Penalties List

1 Non-reporting for Iqama renewal prior to 3 days of its expiry without applicable reason

• If the applicant’s employer is an individual or private company or establishment, he shall be required to pay double the Iqama fees.
• If the applicant is working for a governmental institute, the institute is responsible for submitting new Iqama and Iqama renewal requests of their personnel within 2 months of recruiting them and before its expiry. In case of delay, the institution shall be required to investigate with the employee responsible of this delay to decide the disciplinary action for such violation.

2 Resident who fails to prove his holding of an Iqama and all information he was asked to present during his residency in the Kingdom

If he failed to provide an applicable reason for the concerned authority, he shall be fined as follows:

• 1000 S.R. first instance.
• 2000 S.R. second instance.
• 3000 S.R. third instance.

3 Non-reporting to cancel or renew exit/re-entry visa or final exit visa prior to its expiry

He shall be fined as follows:

• 1000 S.R. first instance.
• 2000 S.R. second instance.
• 3000 S.R. third instance.
• He shall be provided with a new visa if required, as per the statutory procedures.

4 Non-reporting loss of passport or Iqama within 24 hours as a maximum

He shall be fined as follows:

• 1000 S.R. first instance.
• 2000 S.R. second instance.
• 3000 S.R. third instance.

5 Practice of work by the dependants such as wives and children

He shall be fined as follows:

• 1000 S.R. first instance.
• 2000 S.R. second instance.
• 3000 S.R. third instance and the issue will be referred to the Minister of Interior for his direction towards termination of the violator’s Iqama and deport him.

6 Overstaying in the Kingdom upon visa expiry

• The violator shall be subjected to statutory penalties as custody, fining and deporting.
• Finalising his deporting procedures after collecting the statutory fines, issue an exit visa for him and expedite his travel.
• If the violator came to visit a resident, the matter shall be referred to the Minister of Interior to issue directives towards the resident who harboured him to terminate his Iqama and deport him.

7 Employing an expatriate with a visitor’s visa

• If the visa was valid he shall be deported.
• If the visa was expired he shall be deported after implementing the statutory procedures.
• The employer shall be fined according to the statutory measures, if the employer is an expatriate resident; he will be reported to the authorities after implementing the statuary penalties towards him, to consider his deportation.

8 Obtaining or helping an individual to obtain a forge Iqama or visa by himself. Taking employment or helping any individual to take an employment based on forgery or cheating.

• If the violator is an expatriate, he shall be fined 10,000 S.R. or imprisoned for 3 months or both, along with the termination of his Iqama and deportation from the Kingdom.
• If the violator is a Saudi Citizen, he shall be fined 10,000 S.R. the first time. 15,000 S.R. in the second time along with one month imprisonment. 15,000 S.R. in the third time along with 3 months imprisonment. Type of violation shall be considered while applying the penalty.
• These penalties are applicable to the principal perpetrator, partner and contributor.
• Paid money shall be confiscated in all cases.
• Fines are multiplied according to the number of individuals involved and violations.

9 Submitting forgery documents or providing false statements to Saudi authorities in the Kingdom or abroad to obtain for himself or for another individual an Iqama or any kind of visas.

10 Forgery, easement or changing the content of foreign travel documents or Iqamas, and circulating them.

11 Trading entry visas

12 Delaying application and applicants, by service offices, finalising applications illegally and dealing with aliens directly (not through the employer), employing expatriates in the office, accepting applications not signed by the employer or authorised signatories and incomplete signatures and attests or exceeding their authorization in expedition specially Saudi passport applications and Iqama applications for those who came to the Kingdom with a non-working visa.

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