Staff Reporter :
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, the validity of the visa will not be extended whereas the validity of Iqama had been extended for 24 days.
The announcement came after a meeting with the demonstrating workers at the Ministry.
There is a chance to get tickets, said the Ministry after discussion with the Soudi employers, even though they look disinterested to recruit the Bangladesh migrant workers again. It is a difficult task to overcome.
Before that the migrant workers staged a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka demanding automatic increase of expiry date of their visas and work permits.
A number of migrants, whose visas and work permits have expired or are about to expire soon, took to the streets on Tuesday and marched towards the ministry from Karwan Bazar in procession chanting slogans.
Later, a group of expatriates met the ministry officials and discussed their issues.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (Ramna Division) Sazzadur Rahman said the authorities of the Ministry asked them to provide a list of the workers whose work permits and visas had expired.
“The Ministry will take steps for them,” he added.
After the discussion, the migrants flocked to the Ramna Park area to prepare the list.
Earlier in the morning, migrant workers, who got stranded in Bangladesh after returning home on vacation from the kingdom due to the Covid-19 pandemic, gathered outside the head office of Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka in Karwan Bazar.
The airline is providing tokens (serial 2,301 to 2,700) for the day to the expatriates for the tickets.
Expatriates have also gathered outside the Motijheel office of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
Biman’s Assistant Director Jahidul Islam Biswas said, “We have enough flights and providing tokens to the expatriates. Tickets will be issued based on their documents.”
Hundreds of Bangladeshi migrant workers have been staging demonstrations since last week, blocking the Karwan Bazar intersection and protesting non-cooperation of the Saudi Arabia to get tickets to return to their workplaces in the Middle Eastern country.
Many workers expressed their apprehension that they would not be able to land their workplaces in time due to the shortage of flights and tickets as their visas and work permits would expire soon.
On September 23, the Saudi government announced that it would extend the Iqama (work permit) and visa-duration by 24 days for those Bangladeshis whose documents would expire by September 30. If required, further assistance will be provided by the government.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, the validity of the visa will not be extended whereas the validity of Iqama had been extended for 24 days.
The announcement came after a meeting with the demonstrating workers at the Ministry.
There is a chance to get tickets, said the Ministry after discussion with the Soudi employers, even though they look disinterested to recruit the Bangladesh migrant workers again. It is a difficult task to overcome.
Before that the migrant workers staged a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka demanding automatic increase of expiry date of their visas and work permits.
A number of migrants, whose visas and work permits have expired or are about to expire soon, took to the streets on Tuesday and marched towards the ministry from Karwan Bazar in procession chanting slogans.
Later, a group of expatriates met the ministry officials and discussed their issues.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (Ramna Division) Sazzadur Rahman said the authorities of the Ministry asked them to provide a list of the workers whose work permits and visas had expired.
“The Ministry will take steps for them,” he added.
After the discussion, the migrants flocked to the Ramna Park area to prepare the list.
Earlier in the morning, migrant workers, who got stranded in Bangladesh after returning home on vacation from the kingdom due to the Covid-19 pandemic, gathered outside the head office of Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka in Karwan Bazar.
The airline is providing tokens (serial 2,301 to 2,700) for the day to the expatriates for the tickets.
Expatriates have also gathered outside the Motijheel office of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
Biman’s Assistant Director Jahidul Islam Biswas said, “We have enough flights and providing tokens to the expatriates. Tickets will be issued based on their documents.”
Hundreds of Bangladeshi migrant workers have been staging demonstrations since last week, blocking the Karwan Bazar intersection and protesting non-cooperation of the Saudi Arabia to get tickets to return to their workplaces in the Middle Eastern country.
Many workers expressed their apprehension that they would not be able to land their workplaces in time due to the shortage of flights and tickets as their visas and work permits would expire soon.
On September 23, the Saudi government announced that it would extend the Iqama (work permit) and visa-duration by 24 days for those Bangladeshis whose documents would expire by September 30. If required, further assistance will be provided by the government.
