Official text per PAM's consolidated English edition (2025). For guidance only; not legal advice.
The employer shall be prohibited from employing expatriate manpower unless authorized by the Authority. The Minister shall issue a resolution setting forth the procedures, documents and fees that shall be paid by the employer. In the event of refusal, such refusal decision shall be justified by stating the reason thereof, and the reason for such refusal shall not be related to the amount of the capital, otherwise the decision shall be absolutely null and void. Employers shall not bring workers from outside the country or hire workers from inside the country then fail to provide them with employment at his own entity, or subsequently be found not to have an actual need for them. The employer shall bear the expenses of the worker’s return to his country. In the event where the worker stops working for his employer and joins the service of another employer, the latter shall bear the cost of the worker’s return to his country after the original employer has reported that the worker has been absent from work.
Source The English text is presented as the official January 2025 consolidated edition identified in the approved local source notes. The Arabic text is unofficial. This local snapshot was not independently verified against PAM by this directory.