My Kafeel is not accepting
Labor Court Decision made against him, what course of action I can adopt?
Question
by Viewer
Dear Sir, I found in
internet that you are helping people solved their labour issues. My case is
like this.
Seven years ago I was an
illegal alien here in Riyadh, luckily because of the Government amnesty I was
able to transfer to another sponsor without dealing to the old one. The new
sponsor gave me Iqama and told me that he paid SR 14,000 just to issue my Iqama
and medical card. So off I worked with him. At first it was ok and smooth but
on the month of March things went awful. He didn’t give my salary and worst he
didn’t pay for the housing. It was 2 am in the morning and I arrived in my
house without electricity because the owner cut it as my sponsor is not paying
for the monthly rentals. I called my sponsor but he didn’t answer till the next
two days. So what I did checked my Iqama status, only to find out that I am
Huroob!! What I did was I went to Maktab Amel to file complaints against my
sponsor. After a week we saw each other in Maktab Amel and we agreed that I
will just pay SR 14,000 for my transfer. So I went and search for a new
sponsor. Luckily I found one...who is willing to pay and absorb me. The company
is based in Jeddah so what they did they come to Riyadh to talk to my sponsor
and my sponsor agreed and told them that he will do his part and cooperate in
transferring my papers. But a week has passed and my sponsor did nothing. He
always tells tomorrow, so the company went back to Jeddah. What I need
now is why my sponsor doing this to me? What shall I do? I already reported in
Maktab Amel and we tried desperate measures but to no avail. What shall I do? I
need to get out of this situation ASAP, I am not working for two months
already, Please help me.
Answer
by Steve
I am very sorry to know
about your situation brother! It is really un-human behavior. Only one point
which I could not understand is when you went to Maktab-e-Amal, why did you go
for out of the court settlement. You agreed to pay him SR 14,000/- for the
transfer of Iqama. What I understood it is not the decision of the Maktab-e-Amal.
You made an out of court settlement! Have you paid him SR 14,000/-?
If it was a decision of
the labor court, you can go again to the court and it will enforce the decision
forcefully. You should check if your Kafeel is in Red or Yellow category of Nitaqat?
If he is, you can get a transfer even without his consent. I have explained the procedure in this article. "Process of Transferring Sponsorship if Kafeel is Red" You can check his
category from the following link. http://life-in-saudiarabia.blogspot.com/2014/03/how-to-check-nitaqat-category-of-kafeel.html
Comment
by Viewer
I haven’t given him any amount
for it was agreed that he must cancel my Huroob first from maktab amel and
Jawazat before he could get his money. He signed the agreement. He doesn’t have
a company but a non-existing establishment with Platinum status. This week,
what the new company will do is that they will hand over the amount to maktab
amel so my sponsor can start his cancellation of Huroob. My sponsor has
delaying tactics. He wants to get first the money but we know that maybe he
will not cancel the Huroob. This is fact for he always told us every day that
he'll cancel it but he's not doing anything. Prior to this, yesterday I got a
call from him and accusing me of stealing money from him, which I denied as he
don’t have any proof. This man is beast! I wish I could just get out of his
power easily!
Answer
by Steve
All my sympathies are with
you. This kind of guys is crocodiles. You have already adopted correct way of
action by going to the labor court and pursuing the matter there. Since labor
court has decided the case, they will enforce it. I am happy that at least new
company is taking care of this matter. While depositing the money to the labor
office, your new company should also complaint about the delaying tactics of
current Kafeel. Only labor office can help you to get rid of this person. You are the first person
on this blog who went through the labor court proceedings. I would highly
appreciate if you could share with us whole procedure of going to the labor
court, pursuing the case and making it till the end. You can include your
suggestions which you want to give to the followers. It will be a real help for
the society. I could not help a lot to you, but I always try to help each and
every person who comes to me through this blog. I will be waiting for your
response!
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