Laws and Regulations

Update : 1 January 2011

For Jawazat rules, you may visit www.gdp.gov.sa.  The website is in Arabic, and you may have it translated using Google translate.  We will soon post an advisory on deportation procedures.

Philippine Laws

• PD 1083 Muslim Civi Code
• RA 8042 Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995
• RA 10022 Act Amending RA 8042
• RA 9048 Implementing Rules & Regulations - Administrative Correction of Clerical Errors in the Civil Registry
• Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003 (RA 9225)

Philippines Various Regulations

• Overseas Donations - Procedures & Requirements
• Balikbayan Benefits and Privileges
• NSO Guidelines for Registration of Birth of Irregular Children of OFWs
• Guidelines for Minors Traveling Abroad
• Registration of Muslim marriages/marriage contracts where name conflict with that in passport
• New Requirement for Reports of Birth
• Primer: Travel Tax Exemptions
• Bureau of Customs Philippines - Passenger Guidelines

Saudi Laws - Labor and Residency

• Social Insurance Law
• Saudi Rules on Iqama System, Violations, and Penalties
• Saudi Labor Law
• Saudi Fingerprinting & Biometrics
• Cooperative Health Insurance Law

Saudi Laws - Criminal

• Law of Arbitration 1983
• Law of the Board of Grievances [Diwan Al-Mazalim]
• Code of Law Practice 2001
• Human Rights Commission Regulation 2005
• Law of the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution
• Law of the Judiciary 1975
• Narcotics or Drug-Related Crimes
• Law of Criminal Procedure 2001
• Law of Procedures Before Shariah Courts 2000
• Law of Criminal Procedure 2001

Jawazat Procedures-IQAMA

• Procedures for cancellation of final exit visa and issuance of Iqama
• Procedures for Iqama of Non-Saudi Spouses of Saudis
• Adding Infant to IQAMA
• Issuance of First Iqama for Establishments
• Procedures for changing professions in the iqama
• Procedures for a Replacement of Lost IQAMA
• Procedures for Renewal of Iqama - Individuals and Government Agencies
• Issuance of Replacement IQAMA for damaged iqama

Jawazat Procedures-EXIT VISA

• Procedures for canceling an exit & re-entry visa
• Procedures for obtaining an exit & re-entry visa
• Procedures when expatriates with exit/re-entry leaves the Kingdom and does not return
• Procedures for obtaining a multiple exit & re-entry visa
• Procedures for requesting replacement for a lost visa
• Procedures for requesting final exit

Jawazat Procedures-OTHERS

• Procedures for Transfer of Sponsorship
• Procedures for reporting a lost passport
• Procedures for Reporting Absconding or Runaway Workers
• Transferring information from old to new passport
• Procedures for Extension of Family Visitor Visa
• Procedures for Extension of Medical Treatment Visa:
• Procedures for Hajj Permit for Residents
• Transfer of dependent wife to another sponsor
• Procedures for Extension of Business or Working Visa: