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Police Clearance When Leaving KSA
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scot47



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:26 am    Post subject: Police Clearance When Leaving KSA Reply with quote
Teachers leaving KSA might want to get a police clearance from the authorities before leaving here. Certainly in Britain if you are teaching or working in any way with children you need to prove that you have a clean slate. That includes time spent in foreign jurisdictions. I am pretty sure similar rules exist in other countries.

Get it before you leave. Do not wait until you are outside KSA and have that extra bureaucratic hurdle.

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perfectweapon



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Scot47 do you think that the Saudi authorities are capable of doing a police clearance letter/form? When I was there 1979 to 1984 the police were not capable of doing anything, but maybe things have changed?
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scot47



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
They most certainly are. I know several people who have done it. They are also cheaper than their colleagues in the United Kingdom.

The cost - and the hassle - in KSA comes when you have to get the documents apostilled and verified at the Embassy of Her Britannic Majesty.

Many things have changes in KSA since 1984. The Ministry of the Interior has a centralised database utilising your Iqama Number to identify you. Despotism has its benefits.

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Sheikh N Bake



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Other countries, perhaps, but not in the US. Whether that's a negative or a positive would be an interesting debate for another thread somewhere.
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scot47



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Can you clarify that post Sheikh. I do not understand the meaning you wish to convey.
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Sheikh N Bake



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I refer to your comment that other countries besides the UK probably have the rule that teachers returning from overseas must prove with a police report that they've been behaving themselves. Not in the U.S.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hey SnB... how about if they were applying to teach elementary school? I thought criminal checks were the norm now.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Scot47 thank you for the information at least something has improved a little, but the big question is would it recognized in the real world? It is ok to say "The Ministry of the Interior has a centralized database utilizing your Iqama Number to identify you" ,but say you are there on one of those 90 visas you don�t get an Iqama, so they can't trace you.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Police Clearance When leaving KSA Reply with quote
scot47 wrote:
Teachers leaving KSA might want to get a police clearance from the authorities before leaving here. Certainly in Britain if you are teaching or working in any way with children you need to prove that you have a clean slate. That includes time spent in foreign jurisdictions. I am pretty sure similar rules exist in other countries.

Well, Uncle Scott, when I left the Magic Kingdom, I did not get this police clearance, but my university in UK did the CRB check for me.
As far as I know, the Magic Kingdom does not provide a CBR certificate as in UK. If you take a normal police letter, then I guess it will not be accepted, at least in UK, as an equivalent of a CBR certificate.