PRO services: Qiwa, Muqeem, GOSI and payroll,
handled in-house.
Alliant Co. handles PRO services from Dammam as delegated agent on Qiwa, Muqeem, GOSI and WPS payroll, for companies across the Eastern Province. We run our own workforce through the same systems every day.
- Delegated agent access to Qiwa, Muqeem, GOSI and Absher Business
- Payroll, WPS and end-of-service handled together, not separately
- We run our own workforce through these systems
- Dammam office, serving the Eastern Province
Four questions, and we'll
tell you where you stand
What we run
Labour and immigration
- •Qiwa: contracts, work permits, establishment file
- •Block visas and visa issuance
- •Iqama issuance, renewal and transfer
- •Muqeem: dependants, exit and re-entry, final exit
- •Absher Business
- •Profession changes and sponsorship transfers
GOSI and payroll
- •GOSI registration and monthly contribution filing
- •Adding and removing employees within the deadline
- •Monthly payroll processing
- •WPS submission through Mudad or your bank
- •End-of-service calculation and settlement
- •Leave, allowance and deduction tracking
Saudization and compliance
- •Nitaqat band monitoring
- •Saudization ratio planning before you hire
- •Contract compliance under the Labour Law
- •Ministry inspections and correspondence
- •CR, Chamber and establishment file renewals
Labour and immigration
- •Qiwa: contracts, work permits, establishment file
- •Block visas and visa issuance
- •Iqama issuance, renewal and transfer
- •Muqeem: dependants, exit and re-entry, final exit
- •Absher Business
- •Profession changes and sponsorship transfers
GOSI and payroll
- •GOSI registration and monthly contribution filing
- •Adding and removing employees within the deadline
- •Monthly payroll processing
- •WPS submission through Mudad or your bank
- •End-of-service calculation and settlement
- •Leave, allowance and deduction tracking
Saudization and compliance
- •Nitaqat band monitoring
- •Saudization ratio planning before you hire
- •Contract compliance under the Labour Law
- •Ministry inspections and correspondence
- •CR, Chamber and establishment file renewals
The deadlines nobody tells you about
1GOSI registration
GOSI registration
An employee must be registered with GOSI. Late registration produces a penalty and the contribution is still owed from day one.
2GOSI contributions — by the 15th
GOSI contributions — by the 15th
Monthly contributions fall due by the 15th of the following month through SADAD. Missing it is a separate penalty from the registration one.
3Iqama renewal — before expiry
Iqama renewal — before expiry
An expired iqama exposes the employee and the employer. Renewal depends on a valid establishment file, paid GOSI, and often a current medical insurance policy, so the failure usually happens weeks earlier, somewhere else.
4Nitaqat band — continuous
Nitaqat band — continuous
Your Saudization ratio is assessed continuously, not annually. Dropping a band restricts visa issuance and transfers, and you find out when you try to hire.
GOSI registration
An employee must be registered with GOSI. Late registration produces a penalty and the contribution is still owed from day one.
GOSI contributions — by the 15th
Monthly contributions fall due by the 15th of the following month through SADAD. Missing it is a separate penalty from the registration one.
Iqama renewal — before expiry
An expired iqama exposes the employee and the employer. Renewal depends on a valid establishment file, paid GOSI, and often a current medical insurance policy, so the failure usually happens weeks earlier, somewhere else.
Nitaqat band — continuous
Your Saudization ratio is assessed continuously, not annually. Dropping a band restricts visa issuance and transfers, and you find out when you try to hire.
None of these are announced to you. They are conditions you are expected to be meeting already, and the first sign of a problem is usually a blocked transaction on a portal.
Why nobody can tell you your GOSI rate in one number
Search for the Saudi GOSI contribution rate and you will find 21.5%, 22%, 22.5%, 23% and 23.5%, all published confidently, all in 2026.
They are not all wrong. There are two systems running side by side. Employees who began contributing before 3 July 2024 stay on the old rate. Everyone who started after that falls under the New Social Insurance Law, where the rate steps up each year. So two Saudi employees on identical salaries can cost you different amounts, and the figure changes again next July.
What does not vary: expatriate employees are 2% of the contributory wage, paid entirely by the employer, covering occupational hazards only. The contributory wage is basic salary plus housing allowance, capped at SAR 45,000 a month.
We calculate your position per employee rather than applying one rate across a payroll. If a provider quotes you a single GOSI percentage for your whole workforce, ask them which system your employees are on.
What's included, and what it depends on
PRO and payroll are priced on headcount and on how much of the workload is yours versus ours. We quote once we know both, usually within 24 hours.
| Service level | What's included |
|---|---|
| PRO only | Qiwa, Muqeem, GOSI and Absher transactions on request. Iqama and visa processing. Renewals tracked |
| PRO + payroll | Adds monthly payroll processing, WPS submission, and end-of-service calculations |
| Full workforce | Adds Nitaqat monitoring, Saudization planning, contract compliance and ministry correspondence |
Not included
- •Government fees, iqama fees, levies and medical insurance premiums, all paid by you
- •Recruitment and candidate sourcing
- •Legal representation in labour disputes
- •Accounting and VAT, which sits on our bookkeeping service
- •Statutory audit
What changes the number: headcount, how many nationalities and systems are in play, whether payroll is included, and whether we are cleaning up an existing file or starting from a current one.
Request a quoteWho this is for
You have just registered and have no employees yet
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Your establishment file, Qiwa account and GOSI registration need setting up before your first hire, and your General Manager needs an iqama. Getting this sequence wrong delays everything behind it.
You have staff and no dedicated PRO
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Someone in the office does Qiwa and Muqeem alongside their real job. It works until a renewal is missed or a band drops, and then it becomes expensive.
Your Saudization ratio is restricting you
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Visas blocked, transfers refused. This is fixable, but the planning has to happen before you hire, not after.
You are running payroll on a spreadsheet
WPS submission, GOSI reconciliation and end-of-service accrual all have to agree with each other. When they do not, the problem surfaces during an inspection or a settlement.
You have just registered and have no employees yet
Your establishment file, Qiwa account and GOSI registration need setting up before your first hire, and your General Manager needs an iqama. Getting this sequence wrong delays everything behind it.
You have staff and no dedicated PRO
Someone in the office does Qiwa and Muqeem alongside their real job. It works until a renewal is missed or a band drops, and then it becomes expensive.
Your Saudization ratio is restricting you
Visas blocked, transfers refused. This is fixable, but the planning has to happen before you hire, not after.
You are running payroll on a spreadsheet
WPS submission, GOSI reconciliation and end-of-service accrual all have to agree with each other. When they do not, the problem surfaces during an inspection or a settlement.
Alliant Co. is a Saudi company in Dammam, CR 7003521841, established 2016.
Why us
We use these systems daily for our own workforce.
Alliant Co. is a Saudi company in Dammam, CR 7003521841, established 2016. We have delegated agent access to Qiwa, Muqeem, GOSI and Absher Business, and we use it daily for our own workforce as well as for clients.
We are an employer here, not an advisor on employment. We have hired, transferred, renewed and settled staff under these systems, dealt with Saudization bands in our own trading business, and run our own payroll through WPS.
Most providers separate PRO from payroll, so your GOSI filing sits with one firm and your payroll with another, and the two only meet when they disagree. We run them together, and we do your bookkeeping and tax filing as well if you want a single accountable party.
What we will not claim: we do not provide legal representation in labour disputes, and we do not recruit. Where you need a lawyer, we say so.
PRO, GRO and payroll: common questions
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Tell us your headcount and what state your files are in, and we will come back with what needs doing and what it costs.
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Alliant Co. · CR 7003521841 · Yazid Ibn Malik, Al Khalidiyah Ash Shamaliyah, Dammam 32231 · info@alliant.sa · +966 55 754 2748