Saudi: Upper Limit Costs of Recruiting From Philippines Reduced to SR 15,900
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) has reduced the upper limit of recruitment costs from the Philippines to SR15,900 instead of SR17,288.
The MHRSD said that the new upper cost does not include the Value-Added Tax (VAT).
It set the upper limit for the recruitment of domestic workers from Ethiopia to be SR6,900 — Sierra Leone: SR7,500 — Burundi: SR7,500 — Uganda: SR9,500 — Thailand: SR10,000 — Kenya: SR10,870 — Bangladesh: SR13,000 — Sri Lanka: SR15,000.
All the upper limits for the costs of recruitment for the mentioned nationalities do not include value-added tax.
The MHRSD’s decision comes within its endeavour in developing all the services, improving the labour market environment and enhancing its attractiveness.
The Ministry is also keen on following up on the costs and the provided services and the regulations in accordance with the economic variables, and in a manner appropriate to them.
It also called on all the dealers with the importance of abiding by not exceeding the upper limit of the announced costs, as it will be following up the procedures through the Musaned platform.
