The General Department of Residency is calling for a ministerial decision to extend the amnesty period for 6 months to allow residency violators to amend their status and exempt them from fines incurred due to their violations, giving them the option to depart from the country or transfer to another sponsor, Al Anba daily reported.
It was recommended the decision be issued after flights and travel resume, and studies are conducted at all its stages.
The Director General of the Department, Brigadier General Hamad Al-Tawala, outlined his plan where he stressed the importance of removing the fines conditions on violators who are able to transfer their residency and allow for converting the visit visas to family visas for all nationalities, especially Syrians and Yemenis, which would be applicable for wives, children, parents, and relatives due to their special circumstances.
The plan called for empowering those under the family visas who have reached working age and are holders of Article 18, to transfer their residency visas to the private sector, pointing out that the “Leave Safely” campaign did not achieve its desired goals due to the circumstances of Coronavirus, the suspension of flights and among other reasons.
The plan was put forth to the Assistant Undersecretary for Residency Affairs, who in turn raised it to the Undersecretary of the Ministry and then to the Minister of Interior, and the following is the text of the vision:
Within the framework of the Residency Affairs Sector’s work to combat the phenomenon of residency visa violators, and halt the increase in the number of violators, he mentioned it is necessary to adopt an integrated strategy to address the issues and end this scourge that harms the country’s reputation and affects the prestige of the state and its official institutions.
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