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Saudi Arabia
KSA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country encompassing most of the Arabian Peninsula, with Red Sea and Arabian Gulf coastlines. Riyadh, the capital, is a skyscraper-filled metropolis. Known as the birthplace of Islam, with a population of 32.94 million according to Wold Bank (2017).

Vision2030
In 2016, The Council of Economic and Development Affairs, which is chaired by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He created a historic vision, that will limit the country’s full dependence on oil exports, develop other sources to build a prosperous and sustainable economic future to rehabilitate its global image.

Vision’s Objectives
The Vision incorporates 12 programs and among those programs is the Quality of Life Program 2020 for citizens and expats. This Program solely focuses on enhancing the quality of life in Saudi Arabia and create a top living destination for Saudi citizens and residents as well. The program works on both perspectives which are:

Improving individuals’ lifestyle Developing an ecosystem to support and create new opportunities that boost citizens’ and residents’ participation in cultural, entertainment, and sports activities.

Enhancing quality of life Developing suitable activities that contribute to enhancing the quality of life of individuals and families, creating jobs, diversifying economic activity, and boosting the status of Saudi Arabian cities so that they rank among the best cities in the world.

Safety in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has a high level of security and development. Despite the turmoil surrounding the region and the expansion of the country, the country is completely safe. Saudi cities are among the safest cities in the world. Where the level of crime does not exceed the rate of (0.8) per (100,000) inhabitants per year, compared with the global average (7.6). The role of Vision2030 is to maintain this safety by enhancing the existing efforts in the fight against drugs and adopt additional measures to ensure traffic safety and reduce road accidents.

Vision’s Objectives for Expats
Attracting competencies in order to achieve the desired rate of economic growth at a faster pace. Vision2030 goal is to create an attractive environment for foreigners by facilitating the livelihoods and work in the country, and the country will achieve this by providing more opportunities for non-Saudis to own real estate in certain areas. Moreover, the adoption of an effective and accessible system for issuing visas and residence permits.

Expat levy is expected to lead individuals to improve their nationalization levels and employ more Saudi nationals. Ministry of Labor and Social Development, along with the Job Creation and Employment Commission (JCC) plans to create 1.2 million jobs that Saudis will find suitable. Therefore, one of the Vision2030 objectives is to create 450,000 jobs for Saudis in the private sector by 2020. Increase the percentage of female workers in the workforce starting from 23% to 28% and decrease overall unemployment from 11.6% to 9.0%.