What to check, what to prepare and what to expect on this route. Every official name and link below comes from a government or ILO page we read; we say plainly where there is none.
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW)
The DMW licenses and regulates private recruitment agencies that deploy Filipino workers overseas.
How to check: Look the agency up in the DMW list of licensed recruitment agencies, and check that its licence is not cancelled or suspended.
Open the official list ↗ Official site ↗ Our guide for Philippines →
Every candidate completes the same intake checklist. Your source country adds its own clearances on top. The destination side (visa type, medical, attestation) depends on the employer and your role, and your specialist confirms what currently applies.
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD), through the Qiwa platform
Employment contracts are approved or rejected by the worker on Qiwa, so a contract you never saw on Qiwa is a warning sign. Labour violations can be reported there or by phone.
Toll-free helpline 19911 (English, Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali)
Before you fly to Saudi Arabia →
Last checked 29 September 2026. Links go to official sites we do not control; treat each site as the authority, not this page.
What the government and the ILO publish, in plain words. Laws change: your contract and the official page always win over this summary.
The employer bears the recruitment fees and the residence permit and work permit fees of the worker (Labour Law, article 40). An employer who charges them to the worker is fined SAR 10,000.
ILO factsheet: Saudi Arabia, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Employers are prohibited from confiscating a migrant worker's passport, which carries a SAR 5,000 fine.
ILO factsheet: Saudi Arabia, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)A written employment contract in Arabic is the official version in a dispute. Saudi law sets no minimum wage.
ILO factsheet: Saudi Arabia, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Under the Wage Protection System, employers must pay private-sector wages monthly through banks or other authorised financial channels, which creates a record of payments.
ILO: Wage Protection System in the Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia ratified the ILO Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) on 7 December 2020.
ILO: Wage Protection System in the Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaThe working day is eight hours and the week 48 hours. In Ramadan Muslim workers work six hours a day or 36 hours a week. Workers get a 30-minute break for every five hours worked.
ILO factsheet: Saudi Arabia, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)The weekly day off is Friday, and overtime is paid at 150 per cent of the basic hourly wage. All hours worked on holidays count as overtime.
ILO factsheet: Saudi Arabia, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Annual leave is 21 days in the first five years and 30 days after that. Sick leave is 30 days at full pay, 60 days at three-quarters pay and 30 days unpaid each year.
ILO factsheet: Saudi Arabia, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Outdoor work is prohibited between 12 noon and 3 p.m. in summer, usually 15 June to 15 September. Violations can be reported on the unified number 19911.
ILO factsheet: Saudi Arabia, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Employers must provide and pay for private health insurance for expatriate employees and their dependents, and residency permits cannot be issued without it.
ILO factsheet: Saudi Arabia, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)The Saudi labour helpline 19911 is toll-free and available in English, Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Bengali.
Embassy of India, Riyadh: labour grievance redressal mechanismWorkers covered by the Labor Law can change employer after one year of service without the first employer's permission, if a new job offer exists and the notice period is respected. Domestic workers are not covered by this reform.
ILO: Sponsorship reform and internal labour market mobility in the Arab StatesCompare all six Gulf countries side by side →
Checked against the linked pages on 2026-09-30. This is general information, not legal advice.
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Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). Look the agency up in the DMW list of licensed recruitment agencies, and check that its licence is not cancelled or suspended.
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD), through the Qiwa platform. Employment contracts are approved or rejected by the worker on Qiwa, so a contract you never saw on Qiwa is a warning sign. Labour violations can be reported there or by phone.
Every candidate completes the same intake checklist: Passport (First Page), Passport (Last Page), Photograph, CV, Education Certificate, Health Declaration, Consent. Philippines adds: Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC), OWWA membership, NBI police clearance. The destination side (visa type, medical, attestation) depends on the employer and your role, and your specialist confirms what currently applies.
It depends on the employer and your contract, and it should be written in your offer before you pay or travel. Use the offer checker to see what is missing.
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