Expatriates will no longer be able to bring their parents to the country on a dependent visa (Visa under Article 22), but may do so on visit visas. The new decision by the General Department of Residence Affairs at the Ministry of Interior will be implemented with immediate effect.
On a related note, the General Department of Residence Affairs also made clear that when a person, who has sponsored a spouse and children under dependent visas, resigns from a job and leaves the country at the end of his or her work permit, the visas of dependents will also be automatically cancelled and they will have to leave the country.
The department said that it was implementing the new decision in order to rearrange and bring clarity on the expatriates who fall under Article 22 category. According to the new decision, a person can only sponsor a spouse and children as dependents.
