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Employment

Last updated: 22 Oct 2024
Employment
Checked: 2 Oct 2026

Migrant Employees' Welfare

  • Provision of welfare assistance for needy migrant workers.
  • Embassy safe house for needy female domestic workers.
  • Repatriation process for needy migrant workers.
  • Assistance for hospitalised migrant workers and those in jail / deportation camps.

Bureau's Registration Renewal 

DOCUMENTS

  • Original passport (validity > 6 months)
  • Original Iqama of the employee
  • Duly completed application form.

VALIDITY 

  • 2 years

FEES 

  • New registration 160
  • Renewal 35
  • Domestic-female contract 190 (may change with exchange rate)

Recruitment Agency Document Submission / Job Order Attestation

DOCUMENTS (12)

  • Demand letter (job order)
  • Agreement between Sri Lanka & Saudi party
  • Power of attorney between agents
  • Pre-departure expenses/commission letter
  • Saudi agent business registration (English translation)
  • Saudi agent licence certificate
  • Saudi agent/owner ID copy
  • Authorisation letter for agency representative with ID ·
  • Application Forms 01, 02, 03 (commission) and 04 (company)

FEES 

  • Attestation 675
  • Agency registration/renewal 160 (1 yr)

PROCESS

Submit completed documents via the online attestation system; payment instructions issued electronically.

Recruitment Agencies — Job Order Approval 

DOCUMENTS

  • Saudi agent business registration (English translation) ·
  • Saudi agent licence certificate
  • Saudi agent/owner ID (English translation)
  • Original demand letter (job order) certified by the KSA Chamber of Commerce
  • Power of attorney between the Sri Lankan & Saudi agents (chamber-certified)
  • Original agreement between agents (chamber-certified) ·
  • Sample employment contract
  • Sri Lankan agent's licence copy
  • Location map of the Saudi agent
  • Authorisation letter for the agency representative with ID
  • Presence of a Sri Lankan translator from the agency
  • Duly completed application forms.

FEE 

  • 705

Job Order Attestation for Companies

DOCUMENTS

  • Demand letter (job order)
  • Agreement between the Sri Lankan & Saudi party
  • Power of attorney between agents
  • Saudi agent business registration (English translation) ·
  • Saudi agent licence certificate
  • Saudi agent/owner ID copy
  • Authorisation letter for the agency representative with ID
  • Application Forms 01–04 (duly completed)
  • Letter of guarantee

FEES 

  • Attestation 675
  • Agency registration/renewal 160 (1 yr) Online submission available.

Companies — Job Order Approval

DOCUMENTS 

  • Business registration certificate (English translation)
  • Company owner's ID (English translation)
  • Original demand letter (job order) certified by the KSA Chamber of Commerce
  • Power of attorney between the Sri Lankan agent & KSA company
  • Original agreement (chamber-certified)
  • Sample employment contract
  • Sri Lankan agent's licence copy
  • Location map of the KSA company
  • Authorisation letter for the agency representative with ID ·
  • Duly completed application forms (Forms A, B and 01–04, guaranty letter, employer information confirmation)

FEES

  • 705

Employment Contract Renewal (Domestic Workers) 

DOCUMENTS 

  • Sponsor identity card (sponsor must be present)
  • Original passport valid > 6 months
  • Original Iqama of the domestic worker
  • Completed renewal form.

FEE

  • 190

Guidance checked on 2 October 2026 against published official service guidance. Fees are in SAR unless stated otherwise; the Labour Section notes that rates may vary with exchange rates.

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