As per the Saudi Arabia's new rules an Expats worker can transfer his/her sponsorship via Qiwa online platform Just Simply go to following link https://auth.qiwa.sa/en/sign-in and Register in the platform, its free and open for everyone.
As per the Saudi Arabia's new rules an Expats worker can transfer his/her sponsorship via Qiwa online platform Just Simply go to following link https://auth.qiwa.sa/en/sign-in and Register in the platform, its free and open for everyone.
Qiwa is an electronic platform from Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development services and solutions to enhance the electronic services provided to the labor sector.
How to Start Employee Transfer Procedure
Your new Employer create a request for transfer you to his company through the Qiwa platform by uploading the employment contract between you and your new company, When its done you should follow below described procedure
Register yourself with the Qiwa platform.
Click on the “Individual Account“.
Log in to your Qiwa Individual account https://auth.qiwa.sa/en/sign-in
Go down and click on "Employee Transfer" and click view contract.
When you Click View Contract you can see the Contract Uploaded by your new company, Read the employment contract in detail before accepting it in Qiwa and read it very Carefully Specially Check the Basic Salary, Overtime, Vacation, and Most Important what is condition if you leave new company before Contract End How much you have to pay and if your New employee terminate you before Contract end How much money he will give you.
If you agree with terms and conditions Click Accept After the acceptance, it would be your only legally binding contract in the eyes of the HR ministry and the Saudi government.
But if feel the contract is not what you expect just Simply Talk to new employer and ask him to change the contract if they not agree to change contract just simply click Reject. the Contract will no longer exists in your Qiwa account
If you face any problem in accepting the request, you can;
send an email to support@qiwa.sa
Call Qiwa Helpline: 920000105
Current Employer Acceptance
After you accept new employeer Contract Qiwa will send a notification to your Current employer for approval or rejection, Qiwa Status will Pending until your Current Employer’s Approval.
If the current employer accepts the request within 14 days the system automatically accepts the request to transfer the employee without Kafeel’s approval.
Qiwa Status will shown: Approved, But If the current employer does not accept the request within 14 days, the qiwa employee transfer request is automatically canceled, But for reject current employer would be required to provide a justification, Why they Reject the Request.
If Current Employer Rejected the Transfer Request Employee will receive a messages as below.
Dear employee, you have a justification from the establishment owner, Please respond to the justification sent to you by logging into the Mudad through the following link: https://mudad.com.sa/compliance/#/registration
Qiwa Status: Pending for notice period completion.
When your Current employer and new employer accept the Request you may put in a notice period completion, Its could be 90 days, After completion of the notice period the employee transfer service in Qiwa will start showing the status that completing transfer in absher by new employer.
At this point, the new employer is required to pay the Iqama transfer fee and go to his Absher to initiate the request to change company or transfer employees within 24 days. If the request is not initiated in 24 days, the entire process will be canceled and the system will show the message, Expired because of not completing the request by the new employer.
Once the employee transfer request is accepted by the current employer in the Qiwa portal, The new Employer must Pay the fee to transfer Iqama sponsorship within 12 days of acceptance of the request to complete the process in Jawazat.
Once the transfer is complete, you can check the new Kafeel, Just Simply Log-in to Absher and Check Sponsor name, You can see new Employer name in your Absher Account.