His Royal Highness Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh, extended the deadline given to the owners of the professions targeted for Saudization in the first phase, which includes gold markets, vegetable markets, used furniture, real estate offices, public services offices, banks and household utensils shops, to two months from the end of the previous deadline on Jumada II 1. The decision comes to enable the owners of these professions to correct the status of their workers and replace them with Saudi labor and then proceed to implement Saudization and hold violators accountable. The Emirate of Riyadh had decided at the first meeting of the main Saudization Committee to form field committees from which sub-committees will emerge in the governorates to implement the regulations and instructions for the Saudization of jobs, trades and professions.

A large number of economists and businessmen praised the decision, describing it as positive because the extension of the correction deadline for two months is appropriate and appropriate, which will give the opportunity to both parties, pointing out that giving the deadline in light of the existence of issues related to labor owners and the labor market in the Kingdom is very appropriate within a time that does not put pressure on passport departments regarding the process of correcting the situation, as they pointed out that some consider the period may not be sufficient because the labor market suffers from As these numbers are large, they constitute a chronic issue that may need more time, but the decision remains better than a sudden solution and may be extended before the expiration of this deadline to accommodate the numbers that have not been able to correct, especially since this may cause pressure on the competent authorities in completing these procedures.