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A Muslim British teacher got a brown Iqama (for non-Muslim) by mistake.
The problem is that this fellow did not know that there is a difference between the green and the brown Iqama. One day he was travelling to Makkah to do Omrah, and at the entrance of Makkah city the Al-Jawazat (immigration police) stopped him to check his Iqama, they found that he got a Brown Iqama and not a Green one, so he was refused to enter Makkah, even though he explained to them that he is a Muslim, but they refused him entry!!
Later he was asked by the administration to submit a new form for a new Green Iqama, and he had to pay SR500 for the new Iqama, even though it was not his fault!!!!!!

What do you think about this? Any similar stories about Green and Brown Iqama?

Cleopatra · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:56 pm Post subject:

You're all behind the times. The Igamas that have been issued for at least the past year are neither green nor brown but are laminated cards which don't look that different from student ID cards.

Another pointless piece of babble from Abba...

007 · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 3:07 pm Post subject:

Some teachers still have their old green and brown Iqamas. And won't be renewed until they reach their expiry dates.

Cleopatra · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 3:11 pm Post subject:

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

007 · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject:

prarie oyster · Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 11 Location: Here!!!

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

As prarie oyster said no laminated cards in Eastern province. Does anywhere apart from Riyadh have them.

Cleopatra · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:15 am Post subject:

So Jubail is behind the times too.

007 · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:27 am Post subject:

Another pointless piece of babble and shamble from Cleo...

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Some would say the whole of KSA was about 600 years behind the times Wink

sheikh radlinrol · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain

As far as the OP is concerned it is irrelevant whether the Iqama is a laminated card or in the form of a booklet since I'm sure the laminated card will carry some indication that the holder is a Muslim. The situation that 007 describes could arise with either if a Muslim newcomer to the Kingdom is unaware of this and omits to make it clear to his employer that he requires a ''Muslim'' Iqama.

Van Norden · Joined: 23 Oct 2004 Posts: 409

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that we will one day live in a Kingdom where guests will not be judged by the color of their iqama but by the content of their character.

007 · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject:

Van Norden · Joined: 23 Oct 2004 Posts: 409

I had a bad dream last night.

I dreamt that we lived in a Kingdom where teachers weren't judged by the color of their hair and eyes but by the content of their CV.