Dubai: Nearly 6,000 Indians in Saudi Arabia have secured a full-time employment since an amnesty was announced in April for illegal foreign workers to regularize their residency.
Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, Indian consul general in Jeddah, said the diplomatic mission dealt with more than 10,000 Indians and helped them correct their status, either by transferring their sponsorship, renewing their residence permits or changing their professions.
"When we saw the large number of people who came to the consulate asking for work, we invited companies to come and hire regular employees who had corrected their status," he said.
"We organised three job fairs and more than 200 Saudi and Indian companies participated in these fairs, and around 6,000 Indians got full time jobs as a result," Kidwai was quoted as saying by the Arab News.
Saudi Arabia announced the amnesty in April this year and extended it by four months in July allowing foreign workers to regularise their documents.