The government will provide new machine-readable identity cards to expatriates from the first day of the Islamic year, or Oct. 14 this year, in a bid to fight fraud and improve the efficiency of its systems. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, launched the ?Muqeem? (Resident) card, which will replace the current one, in Riyadh on Thursday. All expatriates will have this identity document in place of the current one, Col. Khalid Al-Saykhan, director of information tech**logy, told Arab News.
06-20-2015, 04:09 PM
Defeating fraud: ‘Muqeem’ card to replace iqama
The government will provide new machine-readable identity cards to expatriates from the first day of the Islamic year, or Oct. 14 this year, in a bid to fight fraud and improve the efficiency of its systems. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, launched the ?Muqeem? (Resident) card, which will replace the current one, in Riyadh on Thursday. All expatriates will have this identity document in place of the current one, Col. Khalid Al-Saykhan, director of information tech**logy, told Arab News.
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