Saudi women’s heirs protected

The heirs of Saudi women married to foreigners are entitled to the same benefits as all other subscribers under the current rules of the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI).
Abd Al-Aziz Al-Habdan, deputy governor of the GOSI, said the regulations do not discriminate against the heirs of a woman Saudi subscriber who was married to a non-Saudi, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
"Whether the Saudi woman is married to a Saudi or non-Saudi, the rights of the heirs will be the same. A husband, whether or not he was a Saudi, together with the children of the Saudi woman, has the right to all the benefits accrued by the system. And vice versa," he said.
"If a Saudi female subscriber dies, whether or not she was married to a Saudi man, her husband and their children will be entitled to receive all the benefits stipulated by the regulations," he said.
He explained that family members of a deceased subscriber, whether or not they are Saudis, are entitled to the whole annuity of the subscriber.
"If they are three or more members, they will get the full annuity. If they are two, they will get 75 percent. If there is only one person, it will be 50 percent. Either way, each family member will receive a minimum monthly sum of SR 396.75. If they are three or more, they will get a minimum of SR 1,983.75."