Under Saudi Arabia's immigration laws, foreigners residing here have to obtain an exit visa to travel abroad. Exit re-entry is called exit promise in Arabic.
The exit promise is initially issued for 2 months with a fee of 200 riyals. In addition to the initial exit visa period, you have to pay 100 riyals per month for each additional month.
According to the Exodus Promise Laws, they must be complied with. Individuals who do not return within the stipulated period are found to be in violation of the Exit and Entry Act.
One person asked in this regard, "I was living in Saudi Arabia as a companion with my parents. I did not return to the kingdom after leaving the country. Can I now come on another work visa or will the departure breach be applied?" ۔
According to the law of the Department of Licensing, those who leave the country on outgoing visas must return on time.
If the exit visa holder does not return within the stipulated period, they should extend the period of their exit re-entry visa.
Since last year, there have been significant changes in the immigration and exit promises in the country, according to which the stay and exit of a foreign worker can be extended even while living abroad.
This was not possible before the new law came into force. In order to extend the period of stay and exit promise, it was necessary that the foreigner whose residency or exit promise is expiring should be present in the country.
According to the immigration laws, those who violate the exit promise, ie those foreigners who leave the country on exit re-entry visas, are included in the category of 'exit wilm yad'.
Individuals who violate exit visas are blacklisted in the country for three years.
Individuals who are charged with breach of promise can only come to the country on the second visa of their former sponsor during the period of restriction or they are allowed to come during the prohibited period to perform Hajj and Umrah.
Violations of the Exodus Promise Act are not imposed on the families of immigrants. This restriction only applies to foreign workers residing on a work visa.
Individuals who reside in the country on a 'companion' or 'subordinate' visa, if they do not return on a departure visa, are allowed to return to the country. The three-year ban does not apply.
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It may be recalled that in the past, this ban was also imposed on companions and followers, but now the families of immigrants have been exempted from this ban.
Because the families of the immigrants do not live on work visas, they have been exempted from this restriction so that they can return to the country whenever they want.
However, if they come back on a work visa, they will have to comply with all the rules that apply to foreign workers.
