Saudi illegal workers grab amnesty – Three-month grace period runs out on July 3

RIYADH: Every day, hundreds of illegal foreign workers, mostly South Asians, queue in the scorching heat outside an immigration office in the Saudi capital seeking to benefit from an amnesty to get their papers in order or leave. Earlier this year, the oil-rich kingdom warned that illegal foreign workers risk being slapped with prison sentences and fines after a three-month grace period runs out on July 3.