In two earlier phases, the embassy had issued the one-time exit pass to more than 24,000 Indian workers who want to leave Saudi Arabia for good, taking advantage of the 3-month grace period announced by the Saudi King.
The embassy said Emergency Certificate applications from women and children below 18 years will be processed on a priority basis, the Saudi Gazette reported.
The Nitaqat law and the ongoing drive to identify workers who are overstaying in the Arab Kingdom was one of the main areas of focus during recent talks held between External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and his Saudi counterpart.
The 'Nitaqat' programme, which is meant to regularise foreign workers, makes it mandatory for local companies to hire one Saudi national for every 10 migrant workers.
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Those who fail to find another job or a sponsor has to go back. As a result of this law, a number of people who were working without valid work permits and runaways have come under the scanner. Once the grace period time till July 3 ends, all those expatriates who are found Saudi Arabia without valid papers will be jailed and heavily penalised.
Meanwhile, Indian Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao called on Riyadh Emir Prince Khalid Bin Bandar on Tuesday and briefed him on efforts by the Indian community to utilise the concessions announced by the Saudi authorities for expatriate workers to correct their status or to leave the country without facing penal action before the July 3 deadline, the report said.