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johnslat
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Just make sure that bank is in your home country. I knew teachers in Shiraz, Iran in '79 who had taught there for many years and had foolishly kept their savings in Iranian banks.
When the Islamic Revolution took place, they were wiped out.
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scot47
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| The Hired Help should not expect to be consulted about policy. |
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2buckets
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Johnslat:
Same thing happened in Esfahan.
It happened so quickly, and then the banks were all closed and razed to the ground. |
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RedLightning
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To those who have worked here-
Another post mentioned that the school cannot offer an Iqama, how then do employees go about sending money back home? |
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Lord T
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I would advise new ESL instructors to ask GIZ to transfer part of their salaries directly to their home country bank accounts and pay them the rest in cash.
It's the least that they could do for you, given that they put you in a difficult situation in the first place. |
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scot47
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| The request will certainly be denied. |
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 6:27 am Post subject: |
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| Another post mentioned that the school cannot offer an Iqama, how then do employees go about sending money back home? |
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I would advise new ESL instructors to ask GIZ to transfer part of their salaries directly to their home country bank accounts and pay them the rest in cash.
It's the least that they could do for you, given that they put you in a difficult situation in the first place. |
Frankly, teachers, and not the sponsors, put themselves in this situation by both agreeing to work via a business/work visit visa and applying for this visa type. |
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TeacherDude95
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 1:46 pm Post subject: Technical Trainers College |
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Frankly, teachers, and not the sponsors, put themselves in this situation by both agreeing to work via a business/work visit visa and applying for this visa type. |
It's a bit unfair to blame the teachers who are often sold a big fat lie to get them there. Even those who aren't have a family and mouths to feed so often have no other choice but to take the job.
For me, these types of managers in Saudi are to blame and only care about the bottom line. And that is how much money they can send back as revenue to their Mother country. They don't care about the mess they cause or leave behind when Mohammed Farzan and his government department realise it's all a load of baloney. (Made up name by the way!)
They spin the speel to the Saudis that they will ahve all the students/cadets speaking the equivalent of Shakeseare's English in 3 weeks and the Saudis who know no better buy into it.
This goes on ad infinitum in Saudi and will do till the oil money runs dry. I think we've a few more years before that happens gven how little oil is being used these dys.
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veiledsentiments
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