Daily Times

RIYADH – Pakistani expats working in Saudi Arabia only be allowed to visit their country once in a year.

The Community Welfare Attache in the Pakistani Embassy in Riyadh has written a letter to the Saudi authorities inviting their attention towards restriction on Pakistani workers to visit home once in a year. The letter has sought resolution of the matter.

The embassy has also advised the Pakistani nationals in Saudi Arabia to contact Pakistan embassy in Riyadh if they are not being given permission by the Saudi authorities to visit home second time in a year. The Pakistani embassy has instructed the Pakistanis, who travel to Pakistan more than once a year, to contact the embassy.

The embassy has told Pakistanis that the employees have to submit their letters in the passport and permit companies to seek required permission. It should be noted that more than two millions Pakistanis are in Saudi Arabia. According to the data released by the Bureau of Immigration, Saudi Arabia took 522,750 migrant Pakistani workers in 2015 respectively.