Transporting expatriates who doesn't have legal Iqama (resident permit), expatriates with an expired visa or without IDs within Kingdom regions, including their transport to the Holy shrine of Hajj and Umrah, by means of transport.

•  For the first instance the carrier fine is 10,000 S.R. and one month imprisonment. Second instance fine is 20,000 S.R. and three months imprisonment. Third instance fine is 30,000 S.R. and six months imprisonment.

•  Fines are multiplied according to the number of individuals involved.

•  Means of land transport shall be confiscated in case of repeating violation, whether such means were owned by the carrier, the accessory or the colluding party.

•  No confiscation may by effected unless by a judicial judgment.

•  Publish the violator's penalty in local press with the judgment thereon according to the censure instructions.

•  If the carrier is an expatriate resident, his Iqama shall be terminated and he shall be deported to his country after the application of the penalty taken against him.



Courtesy: Ministry of Interior, KSA

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