150 licensed recruitment agencies deploying Household Service Workers to Saudi Arabia are opposed to the new ceiling limit service fees imposed by Musaned the service provider for domestic helpers entering the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The new ceiling limit recently implemented October1,2025 will directly affect the financial operations of the PRAs (Privates Recruitment Agencies) which received service fees from FRAs (Foreign Recruitment Agencies) who issue job orders for HSWs\Domestic Workers) to work for Saudi households.
There is no placement fee for HSWs instead FRAs provided services fees for expenses incurred by PRAs for DMW\OWWA fees, plane fare, visa fees, domestic travel, accommodation, food, and miscellaneous fees like cash allowances
Established in 2015, Saudi Arabiaís Musaned is the online digital recruitment platform for domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. Overseen by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MoHRSD), Musaned has provided the MoHRSD with a wide range of data and tools to enhance their monitoring capabilities over the employment of migrant domestic workers.
As service provider for domestic workers Musaned implemented multiple regulatory guidelines and recently lowered service fees which is unacceptable to the recruiters that will slow down deployment of Filipino domestic workers to Saudi Arabia.
According to migration expert Emmanuel Geslani Saudi Arabia has the largest number of OFWs close to a million working in the country of which majority are working as HSWs.
Meanwhile CLADS (Coalition of Licensed Agencies Deploying Domestic Services will present a position paper to the DMW their united STAND AGAINST to the new service fees of MUSANED that ultimately will affect deployment of HSWs to the Kingdom the largest labor market of the country that received 400,00 HJSWS in 2024.
