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‘MoL delays visas for helpers of disabled'
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 26 - 01 - 2012

The Ministry of Labor has been accused of delaying visas for foreign workers who can help Saudis with special needs in their homes.
The accusation was leveled against the ministry by the Ministry of Social Affairs and the National Recruitment office. They said the Ministry of Labor has failed to introduce a system that would see the government pay the recruitment fees of these house helpers.
Abdullah Aal Tawai, Director of the Social Affairs office in Makkah, said the recruitment offices of the Ministry of Labor have not completed the necessary arrangements to allow people with special needs to recruit workers at the expense of the government.
He said the Ministry of Social Affairs completed the necessary procedures and handed them over to the Ministry of Labor six months ago, including the exemption forms and list of beneficiaries. This group of citizens cannot benefit from the service which the Council of Ministers approved more than one year ago.
Aal Tawai added that the ministry's recruitment offices have not yet introduced the Sadad System, the Kingdom's national payment system.
Hattab Al-Enezi, spokesman of the Ministry of Labor, responded by saying that the ministry was not the only government body responsible for this situation.
Meanwhile, Dr. Saad Al-Badah, Chairman of the National Recruitment Committee at the Saudi Council of Chambers, has also accused the Ministry of Labor of not doing enough to crack down on fake recruitment agents in the country. He said these criminals have conned many citizens by claiming that they can issue them visas for employees.
Al-Badah said that the National Recruitment Committee was forced to publish an advertisement in the media, at its own expense, to warn citizens about bogus recruitment operators, who have been exploiting citizens who need house helpers.
He said several government agencies should share the blame for allowing these offices to function. He said they have the powers to shut down such operators.
He said several citizens have approached the committee seeking help to get back the money they lost to these criminals.
Citing an example, he said the committee has received a complaint claiming that one of these fake offices has collected more than SR1 million to recruit workers from countries banned by the Ministry of Labor.
He said the committee had to publish a list of all registered recruitment offices on its website, to protect citizens.


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