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What is Nitaqat/Saudization and which are the professions banned from employing expatriates in Saudi Arabia?

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Answered on March 24,2020

Nitaqat is a Saudization initiative of the Saudi Government, aimed at reducing unemployment among Saudi nationals and to encouraging the private sector to employ a greater number of Saudi nationals as well as to reducing reliance on expatriate workers, and part of the initiative jobs in several sectors have been reserved for Saudi nationals and where employment of expatriates is prohibited.

While a complete list of such jobs/sectors is not officially available, it is reported that these include the posts of receptionist in hospital, hotel, etc.; security guards, clerk, cashier, typist; personnel in the fields of Human Resource, Recruitment, and Labour; female sales specialist/staff in shops for females; mobiles sale/repair shops, etc. It is advised that job offers for such posts/professions should not be accepted. In case of doubt seek the advice of the Indian Embassy/Consulate.

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