Iqama Violations & Penalties List

the following measures shall be taken against any violating service office (despite the prejudice for any penalties provided in statutory as in Forgery, bribery, passport and Iqama regulations):

• In the first instance, an official warning shall be sent to the office by the director of passports office to which the service office pursuer reports, if the violation doesn’t necessitate further action.
• If the violation was repeated or was a gross one, the matter shall be referred to the Ministry of Commerce (being the authority in charge of issuing licenses to service offices) proposing a suitable penalty of suspension varying from three months, six months or a year or termination of the office’s license according to repetition of violation and its size.

13 Return of the deported alien to the Kingdom after his expulsion.

• In the first instance, the fine is 1000 S.R. and re-deportation.
• For the second instance, the fine is 2000 S.R., 5 months imprisonment and re-deportation.
• The fine shall be collected from the deportee immediately upon showing his readiness to pay it, to avoid the possibility of delaying during the finalisation of his procedures.

14 Sheltering the overstayer after performing his Hajj or Umrah, harbouring him or assisting him to stay illegally in the country

• If the violator is an expatriate resident, his fines are 10,000 S.R., or one-month imprisonment, or both along with the termination of his Iqama and deporting him.
• If the violator is a citizen, his fines in the first instance are 10,000 S.R. and minimum two weeks imprisonment. For the second instance, his fines are 20,000 S.R. and 1-month imprisonment. Third instance fines are 30,000 S.R. and three months imprisonment.
• Fines are multiplied according to the number of individuals involved.
• If the citizen wasn’t able to pay his fines, he shall be imprisoned for an interval of 1 to 6 months.
• Publish the violator’s penalty in the local press with the judgment thereon according to the censure instructions.
• In case of renting a residence to the overstayer, the renter shall be considered a violator. He shall submit a pledge which shall be kept for future reference. If violation repeated, the housing unit shall be closed for six months, and for one year in the second violation and in the third instance the closure will be for two years.
• In the first instance, Saudi violator’s age and health condition shall be considered for imprisonment duration, evidenced by attested documents.

15 Hajj, Umrah guest or the Prophet’s Mosque visitor, who is self-employed, and works for his own account or who didn’t leave the country after his visa expiry.

• Fine is 10,000 S.R. or one-month imprisonment or both.
• His documents shall be copied and sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to notify the Saudi Embassy in his country to suspend granting him a visa for Umrah or visit before a year minimally of his deportation.
• He shall be deported at his own expense.

16 Hajj, Umrah guest or the Prophet’s Mosque visitor, who travels outside Makkah, Jeddah or Madinah during the validity of the visa granted to him or after its expiry.

• Fine is 10,000 S.R. or one-month imprisonment or both.
• He shall be deported at his own expense.
• Investigate the role of the establishment responsible for his entry in the occurrence of the violation before imposing the penalty.

17 Transporting a guest for Hajj, Umrah or the Prophet’s Mosque visitor outside the established routes specified for him by the establishment responsible for his arrival and departure during his visa validity

• If the carrier is an expatriate resident, the fine is 10,000 S.R. or 1 to 3 months imprisonment or both in addition to deportation.
• If the carrier is a citizen, the first instance fine is 10,000 S.R. or 1 to 3 months imprisonment or both. Second instance fine is 20,000 S.R. or 3 to 6 months imprisonment. Third instance fine is 30,000 S.R. or six months imprisonment.
• Fines are multiplied according to the number of individuals involved.
• Investigate the role of the establishment responsible for his entry in the occurrence of the violation to be punished if the violation was established.

18 Transportation of an Umrah or Hajj guest, or the Prophet’s Mosque visitor outside the established routes specified for him by the establishment responsible for his arrival and departure after the expiry of the validity of the visa.

• See penalties in paragraph 17.
• Publish the violator’s penalty in the local press with the judgment thereon according to the censure instructions.

19 Overstayer employment who arrived the Kingdom by non-work visa

• If the violator is an expatriate resident, the fine is 10,000 S.R. or one-month imprisonment or both in addition to deportation.
• If the violator is a citizen, the first instance fine is 10,000 S.R.. Second instance fine is 20,000 S.R. or one-month imprisonment or both. Third instance fine is 30,000 S.R. or three months imprisonment.
• Fines are multiplied according to the number of individuals involved.
• The overstayer shall be deported on his employer’s expenses.
• In the first instance, the violator shall be deprived of the right to recruit expatriates for one year. Two years for the second instance and three years for the third.
• If the citizen wasn’t able to pay his fines, he shall be imprisoned for an interval of 1 to 3 months.
• Publish the violator’s penalty in the local press with the judgment thereon according to the censure instructions.
• Investigate the role of the establishment responsible for the overstayer entry into the country in employing him illegally prior to imposing the penalty.

20 Non-reporting (by the employer) regarding a runaway employee in accordance with instructions regulating this matter.

• In the first instance, the employer fine is 5,000 S.R.. Second instance, the fine is 10,000 S.R. and for third, fine is 15,000 S.R. in addition to one-month imprisonment.
• Fines are multiplied according to the number of non-reported runaway employees.
• The runaway employee shall be deported at his employer’s expense. If he was working on his own, he shall be deported at his own expense.
• In the first instance, the violator shall be deprived of the right to recruit expatriates for one year. Two years for the second instance and three years for the third.
• Sending a copy of the management notification to the patrol command to investigate the establishment’s status.

21 Resident working for another employer or for his own account.

• Termination of his Iqama and he shall be deported.

22 Employing an expatriate who was recruited to work for another employer, by an expatriate resident.

• If the employer was an expatriate resident, the fine is 5,000 S.R. or one-month imprisonment or both in addition to deportation.
• If the employer was a citizen, the first instance fine is 5,000 S.R.. Second instance fine is 10,000 S.R. or one-month imprisonment or both. Third instance fine is 20,000 S.R. or three months imprisonment or both.
• The employer allowing his employee to work for a third party without reporting their runaway in accordance with the respective instructions, shall be penalized with the penalties referred to in paragraphs (a-b-c-d) of violation No. (20), in addition of sending a copy of the management notification to the patrol command to investigate the establishment’s status.
• Fines are multiplied according to the number of individuals involved.
• The violator expatriate shall be deported at his employer’s expense. If he was working on his own, he shall be deported at his own expense.
• In the first instance, the violator shall be deprived of the right to recruit expatriates for one year. Two years for the second instance and three years for the third.

23. Employer leaving his employees working for their own account or in return for amounts, paid by them, to him.

• The employer shall be fined 5,000 S.R. and one-month imprisonment for the first instance. Second instance fine is 20,000 S.R. and two months imprisonment. Third instance fine is 50,000 S.R. and three months imprisonment.
• Fines are multiplied according to the number of individuals involved.
• The expatriate violator shall be deported at his own expenses.
• In the first instance, the violator shall be deprived of the right to recruit expatriates for one year. Two years for the second instance and three years for the third.
• Sending a copy of the management notification to the patrol command to investigate the establishment’s status.

24 Employing an infiltrator, accommodating or sheltering him.

• If the employer was an expatriate resident, the fine is 10,000 S.R. and one-month imprisonment in addition to deportation.
• If the employer was a citizen, the first instance fine is 10,000 S.R. and two weeks imprisonment. Second instance fine is 20,000 S.R. and one-month imprisonment. Third instance fine is 50,000 S.R. and three months imprisonment.
• Fines are multiplied according to the number of individuals involved.
• The infiltrator expatriate shall be deported at the expense of the employer, accommodator or whoever sheltered him.
• In the first instance, the violator shall be deprived of the right to recruit expatriates for one year. Two years for the second instance and three years for the third in addition to reporting to the Ministry of Commerce or municipality in order to terminate his register or license.
• Publish the violator’s penalty in the local press with the judgment thereon according to the censure instructions.
• If the violation was committed by an establishment; a copy of the management notification shall be sent to the patrol command to investigate the establishment’s status.

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