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indirect.object
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 Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 9:18 pm Post subject: What's a visa request letter? Who sends it? Who receives it? |
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Greetings!
What does this mean:
Please be advised that this preliminary job offer is binding ONLY upon receipt of visa request letter.
What's a visa request letter? Who sends it? Who receives it?
If you know the answer in the context of job offers from Saudi universities, please enlighten.
If all you have to say is, "This question should be addressed to the person who wrote that sentence," please don't waste my time replying here.
Thanks for your consideration. |
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:58 am Post subject: Re: What's a visa request letter? Who sends it? Who receives |
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| indirect.object wrote: |
What does this mean:
Please be advised that this preliminary job offer is binding ONLY upon receipt of visa request letter.
What's a visa request letter? Who sends it? Who receives it?
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If all you have to say is, "This question should be addressed to the person who wrote that sentence," please don't waste my time replying here. |
Here's what I suspect that refers to...
Once the prospective employer has received your acceptance of the conditional offer, their HR person processes the block visa request to the Ministry of Labor. After receiving the MoL's approval, the employer then obtains a visa authorization number and an electronic power of attorney authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The entire process can take up to 3 or so weeks (more during Ramadan and holidays); therefore, you're on hold until notified either by the employer or your visa agent to start the employment visa application process and requirements at your end.
The bigger issue is why you want to avoid contacting the prospective employer with your questions.  |
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indirect.object
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:43 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for your input. Happily enough, with this employer it was possible to get through to the right person. |
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hash
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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I don't want to waste your time, but another possible interpretation that you should at least be aware of vis a vis your little saga so far, is that you don't actually (or legallY) YET have the job.
To me, that's what their phrase ..." this preliminary job offer is binding ONLY upon receipt of visa request letter." really means.
It's quite possible you'll never hear from them again. ESL in KSA is replete and strewn with such cases.
Bottom line - don't undertake drastic, irrevocable and irreversible actions (such as selling your home or car) in the mistaken belief that "it's just a matter of time" until you get a definite job offer. |
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plumpy nut
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Basically to be hired you have to have a document issued in Saudi Arabia with your name, and the company's name that is hiring you along with the Saudi Chamber of Commerce's seal on it. There is then a block visa issued by the Saudis that includes you and other prospective teachers also wanting employment visas that is sent to the Saudi embassy in your country. After this, although hired by the company, you can still be messed with. You have to make it past the SACM. and the embassy still has to approve and issue you the employment visa. Once the waiting is over, expenses paid, and you have your employment visa, the company can still ignore you if you somehow become inconvenient for them. There is no spot during the process, where you can sit and relax, and trust the Saudis and be grateful the ordeal is over with. |
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