Indian Embassy to hold open house for workers tomorrow

To address the grievances of distressed workers, the Indian Embassy in Riyadh will hold an open house for members of the community tomorrow.  This will be the first such session for 2013, in which Indian workers will be able to discuss any consular problem, submit applications, discuss labor-related issues, seek guidance from embassy officials or take up any other issue that affects the community.
“The open house is an initiative launched by Indian Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao with the primary mission to solve the problems of Indian expatriates on a priority basis,” said Surinder Bhagat, a spokesman for the Indian Embassy, here yesterday.
This interactive meeting with the community will be attended by the ambassador; Sibi George, the newly appointed deputy chief of the mission; and several embassy officials.
Bhagat called on members of the community to attend the meeting. Rao and senior embassy officials will be present for two hours from 10 a.m. on Thursday, he added. He pointed out that the sessions have been very successful.
Indian workers can have their problems solved immediately if they have genuine grievances and all the necessary documents. 
Workers with applications and problems related to pending passport renewal and attestations can go directly go to the embassy to raise their grievances at the open house. 
Those workers who need to sort out their issues with their sponsors or have cases with the local authorities, can also participate in the open house, where they will be guided by the senior embassy officials.
In addition, the welfare wing of the embassy is busy settling labor disputes between workers and Saudi sponsors through amicable negotiations, correspondence with Saudi sponsors and the local authorities.
More than two million Indian expatriates including their dependents live and work in the Kingdom.