The Indian ambassador here has promised the Saudi government there would not be any illegal Indian worker in the Kingdom after the Nov. 3 amnesty deadline.

Hamid Ali Rao offered this assurance to Deputy Minister of Interior Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Salem at a meeting on Thursday.

The two men discussed issues related to the welfare of Indians living in Saudi Arabia and the approaching amnesty deadline.

Sibi George, deputy chief of the Indian mission, told Arab News the meeting was part of the ambassador’s ongoing consultation during the grace period.

Rao said an impressive number of Indians had received final exits or corrected their status.

According to the Indian Embassy, more than 1 million Indian workers have legalized their status so far under the amnesty declared by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah.

The embassy said 466,689 Indian workers had renewed their iqamas over the last five months of the grace period, 359,997 workers had transferred their sponsorships and 355,035 workers had changed their job titles to legalize their status.

The Indian embassy last month launched the second phase of a massive campaign to help illegal Indian workers correct their status or go back home before the amnesty deadline ends.