Dependent Fee In Saudi Arabia Cancelled

Cancel the via within 60 days from its issuance date.

Dependent fee in saudi arabia cancelled. By mohammed al kinani 02 january 2018. Saudi arabia backs un s coronavirus response plan with 100 mn. The government of saudi arabia has not launched any procedure to refund the dependent fee after a family member left on a final exit visa. The plan was to increase the fees sar 100 every year until the year 2020.

The main purpose of the expatriate levy was to collect the fee from foreign nationals living in saudi arabia sponsoring their dependents. The fee started in 2017 with sar 100 per month. The fee will rise to aed 400 from july 1 2020. If your iqama is expiring by march 01 2020 you will have to pay the dependent levy for 12 months from 01 03 2020 to 01 03 2021.

Your first 4 month fee will be sr 300 dependent sr 1 200 00 the next 8 month fee will be sr 400 dependent sr 3 200 00 the total fee will be sr 4 400 00 per dependent. Unfortunately the answer is no. People often wonder if they can refund the dependent fee in ksa after it is paid. Pay the penalty on any previously issued visa if any.

No change in dependent fee structure in saudi arabia. In the latest news about the dependent fee in saudi arabia members of the shoura council called to carry out studies on the negative impact of the dependent fee imposed on expatriates. The dependent must be in the kingdom at the time of cancellation. Every expatriate is required to pay the dependent fee before their iqama renewal in saudi arabia.

The dependent fee also known as expatriate levy was introduced in july 2017. The fee on dependents. The ministry said the kingdom will continue with initiatives aimed at developing and diversifying sources of non oil revenues such as the expat fees saudi gazette reported. In response to the shoura proposal the ministry of finance gave a blunt statement that there would be no change in the dependent fee.

If you don t cancel within the stipulated time you may face a penalty of 1000 riyals.