Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:01 pm Post subject: Report: U.S. cables detail Saudi royal welfare program
Special Report: U.S. cables detail Saudi royal welfare program
Some interesting information here from the U.S. cables about S.A. Posted by Wikileaks. It certainly sheds some light on why the visa process is as it is:
Simon Robinson, Reuters wrote:
Finally, royals kept the money flowing by sponsoring the residence permits of foreign workers and then requiring them to pay a monthly "fee" of between $30 and $150. "It is common for a prince to sponsor a hundred or more foreigners," the 1996 cable says.
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Abdullah had also reigned in the practice of issuing "block visas" to foreign workers "and thus cut the income of many junior princes" as well as dramatically reducing "the practice of transferring public lands to favored individuals.
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