Riyadh, June 29 -- Saudi Arabia's Qiwa platform has set Tuesday, June 30, as the deadline for employers to renew expired work permits or transfer employee services before affected expatriate workers are removed from their employers' records.

Beginning Wednesday, July 1, Qiwa will remove expatriate workers whose work permits have remained expired for more than three months from their employers' records.

The platform, under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, said employers will remain responsible for all outstanding work permit fees and other financial obligations incurred while workers were employed without valid permits until the date of their removal.

Qiwa also clarified that workers will not be removed if their r...