“I only want my salary for the last 10 months, at a rate of SR3,000 a month, and after that I will go home on a final-exit visa. I also hope that philanthropists will help me financially to overcome my predicament,” he told Arab News.
Waheed said he was working as a computer engineer on the sponsorship of a Saudi citizen in Riyadh, but 30 months ago he transferred to a hotel operating company.
“The owner of the company agreed to pay a monthly salary of SR3,000 but did not document the agreement in writing. I trusted him and took his word for it, but he only paid me SR2,100 a month for a whole year,” he said.
He said that when he brought the matter to the attention of his new sponsor, he was promised his agreed salary when the financial conditions of the company improved.
“He did not keep his promise and at the end of it all he asked me to look for another job and sponsor,” he added. Waheed said each month he paid SR666 rent to accommodate his wife and two children and SR150 on transport.
“This eroded my income and led me into a whirlpool of debts which have now reached SR30,000,” he said.
Waheed said as a result of his bad financial position, his wife became psychologically ill and her general health condition was deteriorating every day.
“We have nothing to eat as I am without a job now. All I ask for is to be given my accumulated salaries of SR30,000 and after that be deported home,” he said.
