Saudi Arabia: Abolishment of the Yellow Band from the Nitaqat Program
Title	Saudi Arabia: Ministerial decision to abolish the Yellow band
Date of conclusion	26 September 2019
Entry into force	26 January 2020
Text version(s)	English
Source	Minister of Human Resources and Social Development,
	Issue No. 1/63717 (26 September 2019), accessed: 25 October 2022,
	https://hrsd.gov.sa/en/decisions
	Last accessed: 25 October 2022
Keywords	Saudi; Laws & Regulations; Policy

Abstract
The Minister of Human Resources and Social Development passed an order to abolish the yellow band of the
Nitaqat Program. Under the Nitaqat program, companies in Saudi Arabia were required to hire a certain number
of local individuals to reduce the state’s unemployment rate. The companies are categorized based on their
compliance with the Nitaqat program. The higher the compliance rate, the more foreign nationals a company
can employ. The yellow band companies were near the bottom, which is red. Now, the companies in the yellow
band will be moved to the red band, and they will not be able to issue more visas for foreign nationals or renew
their work permit.

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