Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Passports implemented a new fee on the dependents of expatriate workers in the country since July 1 this year.

It is applicable to all expatriates in the private sector, and requires them to pay a monthly fee of SAR100 per dependent from July 1 (which increases by SAR100 every year until 2020).

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The General Directorate of Passports has now clarified that the fees must all be paid at once

For further queries, the Directorate can be contacted on their official twitter page – they usually reply in minutes!