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Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in Saudi Arabia (Arabic: الهنود في السعودية, romanized: al-Hunūd fī as-Saʿūdīyah) are the largest community of expatriates in the country, with most of them coming from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana [2] and most recently, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh [3] and Gujarat.
They consist mainly of the descendants of Hajj pilgrims who hailed from the territories of Mughal, British, modern India [1] or Pakistan and settled in Hejaz before or after the establishment of Saudi Arabia, [2] immigrants and residents who were naturalized prior to the revocation of jus soli citizenship rights [3] and children born to Saudi ...
Resident in India Expatriate Tax status OCI card Acts Notes Indian (resident) Yes: Yes: No: Yes: No: Indian nationality law Passports Act: Non-resident Indian (NRI) Yes: No: Yes (of India) No: No: Indian nationality law Passports Act IT Act, 1961 [29] Person of Indian Origin (PIO) 1 / Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) 2: No: Yes (in India) else ...
The ethnic composition of Saudi citizens is 90% Arabs and 10% Afro-Arabs, [33] though there still are smaller numbers of Indians, [34] Pakistanis, [35] and Turks in Saudi Arabia. [36] However, 38.3% of the residents(or about 13.3 million people) are non-citizens, [ 8 ] and many of them are migrant workers .
Pages in category "Saudi Arabian people of Indian descent" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The "Gulf Boom" refers to the mass migration of a large number of people from the Indian state of Kerala to the GCC states from 1972 to 1983. [5] Largely consisting of the migration of Malayalis, the dominant indigenous ethnic group in Kerala, the movement of many migrant workers from Kerala to the GCC states continues to the present day, although in smaller numbers after the 2008 ...
He was the main architect behind the introduction of external Urdu examinations of MANUU in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the benefit of Non-resident Indians (NRIs). He has advocated extensive use of digital technology to learn, and spread the Urdu language, especially among the youth and children.
The 2010 edition of the Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook estimated that non-nationals represented 5,576,076 out of a population of 25,731,776 in Saudi Arabia. [15] However, official 2010 census figures stated that there were 8,429,401 expatriates out of a total population of 27,136,977 or roughly 31 per cent of the total. [ 16 ]