At one time, visas for single women to enter Saudi Arabia were nearly unobtainable. However, the Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority (SAGIA) has successfully attached investment by MNEs that need visas to send female executives to Saudi Arabia for short- and long term assignments. Whole these visas are not given automatically, they can be obtained---more easily for women over 40, but also possible for younger women, especially with the use of wasta. FOR instance, the U.S. consulting company. Monitor Group, brought in American women in their twenties, and L’Oreal has its female human resources manager to Saudi Arabia.