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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
Joined: 22 Oct 2004
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 Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject: Re: Bills to pay |
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| rjsmith2121 wrote: |
| I have a little bit of money to bay bills with. |
Your Gulf ME material already! Anyone fancy a bebsi?  
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mrbbkk
Joined: 02 Jun 2007
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Location: Tokyo
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:02 pm Post subject: still waiting |
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I'm still waiting and I thought they had everything necessary for my visa in September My patience is just about up
I am regretting not taking jobs in UAE and Oman. |
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InterRick
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: still waiting |
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| mrbbkk wrote: |
I'm still waiting and I thought they had everything necessary for my visa in September My patience is just about up
I am regretting not taking jobs in UAE and Oman. |
You had chances in UAE and Oman and declined them for KSA?
My prayers to find something, anything outside KSA were answered and I grabbed the chance to go to Kuwait immediately. (I'd turned down two offers in the Kindom [including one from AETAG - they can keep their 48-hour, 6-day-a-week, split-shift work weeks]; I accepted the third but have been waiting since August for my visa; they missed their November deadline}. Even if it is not the best job in the country, I figure just not being in KSA, I am already ahead of the game.
Of course, I have never been to either place and am just going by what I have learned (a large part of which was here on Dave's). |
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mrbbkk
Joined: 02 Jun 2007
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Location: Tokyo
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:04 pm Post subject: let me qualify that |
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The job in Oman was in a small town in the middle of nowhere Nizwa
and the UAE offer came after I had already signed a preliminary contract for a university in Jeddah.
But believe it or not, I have always wanted to visit and live in Saudi Arabia and wanted it to be the first country I worked at in the Middle East.
Maybe I will regret my choice in a year or two but I think I am somewhat fascinated by Saudi Arabia.
Maybe I watched Lawrence of Arabia one time too many |
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
Joined: 22 Oct 2004
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Location: Shhh...don't talk to me...I'm playin' dead...
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: let me qualify that |
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| mrbbkk wrote: |
| The job in Oman was in a small town in the middle of nowhere... |
So is saudi...
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| Maybe I watched Lawrence of Arabia one time too many... |
Oh, no! NOTHING'S changed! In fact, I think I hear a train-load of Hajis just a-chuggin' down the Hejaz right now! 
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mrbbkk
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:16 pm Post subject: desert |
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I think I'll either love it or hate it
I can handle anything for a year
I'm sure its easier than working on a crab boat |
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mrbbkk
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:36 am Post subject: laughin |
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| You got me laughin |
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ruun1994
Joined: 22 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:42 am Post subject: visas |
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| FYI... This might already be know to all but try to come to ONLY with a work visa. I was was told to apply for a bussiness/vistor's visa, that it would be changed once I got here and that I would be able to then get the iqama (the perminent residency card). Well I found out that it was all bull. My visa is only for 3 months and then the Uni will send me to a neighboring country for another visa that will last intill the end of the school year. Another issue I am dealing with is that I CAN'T GET A BANK ACCOUNT! I am not the only one at my Uni who is in this predicament. So beware. |
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InterRick
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: visas |
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| ruun1994 wrote: |
| FYI... This might already be know to all but try to come to ONLY with a work visa. I was was told to apply for a bussiness/vistor's visa, |
That is the same thing that Golden Gate wants people to do, and even that has taken forever!
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| Well I found out that it was all bull. My visa is only for 3 months and then the Uni will send me to a neighboring country for another visa that will last intill the end of the school year. Another issue I am dealing with is that I CAN'T GET A BANK ACCOUNT! I am not the only one at my Uni who is in this predicament. So beware. |
Still, just be happy you are working. I think I'd prefer working on the wrong visa to not working on the right one (or lack thereof). |
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
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Yep! Nothing like looking over yer shoulder on a daily basis...
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dazedandconfuzzed
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I thought the 3 month temporary work visa was the one to get, and then they extended it when you got there? I'm sure I read that on here... |
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tacomaboywa
Joined: 18 Jan 2009
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Location: The Magic Kingdom
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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| dazedandconfuzzed wrote: |
| I thought the 3 month temporary work visa was the one to get, and then they extended it when you got there? I'm sure I read that on here... |
The only visa that let's you legally work in KSA is the Employment Visa. Any company brining you in on a Business Visa or Government Visa is technically breaking the law if you are teaching for them. You cannot get an Iqauma since you are not legally allowed to reside/work in KSA on a Busness/Government Visa. That means no bank account, no money transfers, nothing at all legal.
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johnslat
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Dear dazedandconfused
"I thought the 3 month temporary work visa was the one to get, and then they extended it when you got there?"
When you're hired on "a regular employment/work visa," what gets put in your passport IS "a three-month visa." When you arrive, your passport is taken (and often kept) and you receive an iqama in its place.
The other, newly-appearing visas - "government," "business." etc. - are NOT employment/work visas - you don't get an iqama - and so teaching/living in the Kingdom while on one of those visas is actually illegal.
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tacomaboywa
Joined: 18 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Dear dazedandconfused
"I thought the 3 month temporary work visa was the one to get, and then they extended it when you got there?"
When you're hired on "a regular employment/work visa," what gets put in your passport IS "a three-month visa." When you arrive, your passport is taken (and often kept) and you receive an iqama in its place.
The other, newly-appearing visas - "government," "business." etc. - are NOT employment/work visas - you don't get an iqama - and so teaching/living in the Kingdom while on one of those visas is actually illegal.
Regards,
John |
That was a much better reply than mine. Thanks John!
I can't say it enough, avoid working in KSA on a Business/Government Visa. It's illegal!
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Mia Xanthi
Joined: 13 Mar 2008
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Location: why is my heart still in the Middle East while the rest of me isn't?
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| Another issue I am dealing with is that I CAN'T GET A BANK ACCOUNT! I am not the only one at my Uni who is in this predicament. |
I don't think that we can emphasize enough just how important this issue is. Coming on a business visa doesn't sound like much of a problem until you run up against the serious practical issues it entails. Not being able to have a bank account or to transfer money is a HUGE problem when you are new to Saudi. |
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