- eligibility to claim social security
- eligibility for business loans from the Saudi Credit and Saving Bank
- a wish to marry another foreigner, who'd be this time non-Saudi national and who needs a Saudi based formal sponsor (for reward) to be eligible to run business in the SA.
"These type of marriages are done for a certain purpose and they occur a lot in western Saudi Arabia. The rate of divorce in such cases is 3 to 4 out of every 10 marriages," said Saudi lawyer and legal consultant Wail Joharji.