Legalization in full swing to beat amnesty deadline

With the deadline for legalization fast approaching, around 1,400 to 1,500 applicants have been visiting Jeddah’s Labor Office daily during the past month.
Abdal Mon’im Al-Shahri, director of the JLO, told Arab News that applicants are increasing in number. He said there is a 90 percent success rate in legalization. Some have failed to rectify their status owing to incomplete paperwork.”
The ministry has opened another branch in north Jeddah and in Makkah Industrial City for establishment owners and workers to rectify their status.
Abdullah Al-Ulayyan, director of the ministry’s Makkah branch, said the main labor offices in Makkah, Jeddah, Taif, and Qunfudha, as well as branch offices, have extended working hours until 6 p.m.
“I want to stress that applicants can submit their requests and applications through the ministry’s portal at www.mol.gov.sa which will make it easier for businesses and their representatives to conduct procedures in time for the deadline,” he said.
Ministry employees are serving applicants in the north Jeddah branch, opposite the Exhibition Center on Amir Sultan Street.