The grace period has been extended to March 31, 2022. Previously it was to end on December 31, 2021.

The Ministry has said in a statement today that this procedure comes within the framework of its keenness to take into account the interests of the owners of companies and expatriate workers to benefit from 50% reduction in the settlement amount for companies and workers for legalizing their status.

The ministry called on the groups benefiting from the grace period to visit the authorities concerned to correct their status during the aforementioned period.

The violating expatriate or violating employer must submit a request for reconciliation within the specified period to the Search and Follow up Department or to any of the service centers including Umm Salal Services Center, Umm Sunaim Services Center, Musaimeer Services Center, Al Wakra Services Center and Al Rayyan Services Center, or any of the following service centers that accept reconciliation applications and the issuance and renewal of the Residence Permit (RP) by the same employer (Al Shamal, Al Khor, Al Daayen, Umm Salal, Al Lulu, Unaizah, Souq Waqif, Al Rayyan, Umm Sanim, Al Sheehaniya, Mesaimeer, Al Wakra, and Dukhan).