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Rahmanhajira66

Hello ,

My name is Rahman and my wife is in jeddah with me on family visit visa . She is a dentist by profession looking for a job in Jeddah. I am planing to get her on permanent visa under my sponsorship . But , my question is can she work on dependable visa under my sponsorship if she gets a job in Jeddah? I read on saudi gazzete on october 24th 2014 issue that wife can work on husbands dependable visa. But i am still not sure about the news . so can anyone please help me out with the latest update on this issue .

Regards ,
Rahman .

saimans

No, it's still not legal as of today !!

ahmadaq

There was a big discussion regarding this issue here in Saudi Last year and the year before, this discussion was sparked by the fact that most teachers working in international schools were dependent wives.

When the Ministry of Labor started their campaign to crack down illegal workers, international schools were het badly, some even had to close down leaving student and parents with little options to solve the situation. After few weeks, schools owners manage to reach to an agreement with Ministry of Labor and Ministry of Education to issue a one year permeate for dependent wives allowing them to work and this license needs to be renewed yearly. This license is issued by Ministry of Education after reviewing the teacher qualifications, the problem with that is sometimes Ministry of Labor will say that they got nothing to do with This license therefor they don’t recognized their validity.

After this history brief  :D Now let’s go to answering  your question about your wife working as a dentist, to do so her degree should be testified by The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, also she needs to be a member with this commission  and only if she is working under a healthcare provider sponsorship she can gain this membership.
So to make it simple , NO she can’t work if she continue being under your sponsorship as a dependent specially as a healthcare professional and she will be facing jail time for donning so in case of any medical malpractice. She will be looked at as someone how is  threatening the public health.

saimans

Can't have said more elaborately !! :)

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