PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN SAUDI TO ALL OFWS IN THE KINGDOM: LIST OF PENALTY FOR EXPAT VIOLATORS IN SAUDI

Are you working in Saudi Arabia under different sponsor from the one on your visa; over-staying when your visa or iqama has expired; are you helping illegal expatriates by employing them, transporting them, or sheltering them? These are against the rules of Saudi and you could end up sanctioned and deported.

The website of the Embassy of Philippines in Saudi Arabia recently published information issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  This pertains to the sanctions or penalty that will be given to expatriates who violates rules and regulations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

In the Ministerial Sanctions defined by Saudi MFA, penalties for expatriate violators were defined. Some violators includes expatriates who are free lancer or those who have Kafeel, over-stayer or those whose visa or iqama are already expired. Expatriates who are also helping and protecting illegals by any means like employing, sheltering, or transporting  them will be fined and could face deportation, imprisonment, and confiscation of car or transportation.

The advisory given by MFA reads as follows:

ADVISORY

Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Issues Ministerial Sanctions 
Against Violators of the Rules and Regulations Pertaining to 
Dealing with Expatriates

(14 November 2016) The Philippine Embassy wishes to inform the Filipino Community in Riyadh that the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued its Ministerial Decision Circular which contains the sanctions to be imposed against violators of the rules and regulations when dealing with expatriates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The matrix includes sanctions on the violations such as, protecting or harboring an expatriate, delay of departure of an expatriate after expiration of entry or exit visa, and employers who allow their workers to work for other employers under their sponsorship.

NO.	VIOLATION	SANCTION FOR FIRST OFFENSE	SANCTION FOR SECOND OFFENSE	SANCTION FOR THIRD OFFENSE & MORE
1	Any expatriate who works for his own account (Free Lancer)	SR10,000 fine Deportation	SR25,000 fine One month imprisonment Deportation	SR50,000 fine Six month imprisonment Deportation
2	Any expatriate who delays his departure after expiration of his entry visa	SR15,000 fine Deportation	SR25,000 fine Three months imprisonment Deportation	SR50,000 fine Six month imprisonment Deportation
3	Intruders who are caught outside the border	Fine of SR15,000 One month imprisonment Deportation	SR25,000 fine Three months imprisonment Deportation	SR100,000 fine Six month imprisonment Deportation
4	Persons who transport or give jobs to intruders who are caught outside the border; protecting or harboring them; or extending them any means of assistance	SR25,000 fine Six months imprisonment Deportation (if violator is an expatriate) Criminal libel To demand for court order to confiscate the means of the land transport if it is owned by the transporter himself, his accomplice or partner	SR50,000 fine One year imprisonment Deportation (if violator is an expatriate) Criminal libel To demand for court order to confiscate the means of the land transport if it is owned by the transporter himself, his accomplice or partner	SR100,000 fine Two years imprisonment Deportation (if violator is an expatriate) Criminal libel To demand for court order to confiscate the means of the land transport if it is owned by the transporter himself, his accomplice or partner
5	Any individual person who transports or gives jobs to violators of the Rules & Regulations; protecting or harboring them; or extending them any means of assistance	SR15,000 fine Deportation (if violator is an expatriate)	SR30,000 fine Deportation (if violator is an expatriate) Three months imprisonment	SR100,000 fine Deportation (if violator is an expatriate) Six month imprisonment

The matrix includes sanctions for those who are protecting or harboring an expatriate;  delay of departure of an expatriate after expiration of entry or exit visa, and employers who allow their workers to work for other employers under their sponsorship. 
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British Man Caught Making Wine in Saudi Arabia

Karl Andree, A  74 year old British man has been caught with making home- made wine while transporting it in his car in Saudi Arabia back in August of 2014. He has completed his 1 year prison sentence but is due to receive 360 lashes.

Pic from BBC

His daughter Kirsten Piroth is concerned her father wouldn't survive the flogging. She said: "He's an old man, he's 74, he's survived three types of cancer with very strong cancer treatments, he's asthmatic, he has gout - he's not very well." 

"We've had some lawyers but it's pretty tricky. Many lawyers wouldn't take that case on because of the implications of the alcohol."

Watch the interview with his son, Simon as he pleas for clemency :

A Foreign Office spokesman said: "Our embassy staff are continuing to assist Mr Andree, including regular visits to check on his welfare, and frequent contact with his lawyer and family. 

"Ministers and senior officials have raised Mr Andree's case with the Saudi government and we are actively seeking his release as soon as possible."

The Foreign Office website  of the UK warns that penalties for possessing alcohol, or trade in alcohol (in Saudi Arabia) are "severe".

Earlier this year, an Australian named  Peter Muty, 57 years old, was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment and was given 28 lashes with a cane after he was caught with home-brewed beer and home-made wine at the back of his car. 

READ: Australian In Saudi Arabia Caught With Home Brewed Beer and Wine

But the severity of the case of Karl Andree is due to the fact that he was the one making those wines. 

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