Can family fee be waived for Iqama renewal?

 A monthly fee is charged for the renewal of residency for families of expatriate workers in Saudi Arabia. Residences of workers and their families cannot be renewed without payment of fees.

Since last year, the Saudi Ministry of Interior has also provided the facility of quarterly fees for the renewal of expatriate residences, which aims to facilitate people, whereas in the past, renewal fees were required to be paid on an annual basis.

In this regard, a person has discovered on Twitter that the monthly fee for renewing the iqama of a widow must be paid or can it be waived?

In response to the question, Juzaat said that "According to the Iqama laws, according to the law that has been implemented in Saudi Arabia since 2017, every foreigner living in the kingdom has to pay a fee of one year on a monthly basis to renew the Iqama of his dependent family." It has to be paid.'

It should be remembered that when the fee law was issued in 2017, it was charged at the rate of 100 riyals per family per month. The fee was charged in 12 monthly installments.

In the second year 2018, the fee was charged at the rate of 200 Rials per month, while in the third year, it was increased by 100 Rials to 300 Rials per month.

In the fourth year of the fee law, 2020, the monthly fee was charged at the rate of 400 riyals, which continues.

According to the law, those foreign workers who are residing in the country along with their families can renew their iqama only after submitting the income fee for their families including wife, children. If the income fee is not paid to the family, the iqama of the worker cannot be renewed.

It should be noted that the fee is not waived in any case, it is necessary to pay it, however, since last year, the government has also provided the facility of renewal of the residences of foreign workers on a quarterly basis instead of annually, which aims to give people a discount that they can renew their residences. According to the ability, after paying the fee of three months, Iqama can be renewed for three months.

Quarterly Iqama renewal is convenient for those who are living with their families. Some people are obliged to keep their families in the country for a limited time based on some compulsion, so if they pay a lump sum fee of 12 months and then after 6 months they send their wife and children on the final exit, in this case their Fees collected are non-refundable.

The quarterly renewal of Iqama will facilitate those who want to send their family to the final exit after a few months, thus they do not need to pay additional fees, they can renew Iqama by paying only three or six months fee.