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Dedicated · Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 972 Location: UK

I think you should post this on the Turkey forum rather than Saudi Arabia.

For Turkey, most people with a US or UK passport simply get a visitor's 90 day visa on arrival at Istanbul /Ankara airport, then your employer will apply for a work/residence permit for you.

Ramadan in Turkey does not affect the working hours of government departments. In fact, an increasing number of people in large cities do not fast at all. Turkey is not the same as Saudi Arabia or other Gulf countries in this respect.

coldcucumber · Joined: 21 Dec 2012 Posts: 114

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

Seems to me your best bet is to contact major visa agents in Turkey and ask them if they're able (and possibly authorized) to process your paperwork for KSA.

Grendal · Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:14 am Post subject:

I have one. I will pm you as soon as I get home. They are 50 meters from the Saudi Embassy in Ankara. I'll post here to for other readers too.

Grendal

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I had to get the process done without a visa agent and with a zero level of Turkish. It was difficult - and I had the Saudi Cultural Bureau in Ankara helping me out. I was in Istanbul not Ankara and dealt with the Saudi Consulate there. They just were not geared up to dealing with non-Turks !

coldcucumber · Joined: 21 Dec 2012 Posts: 114

Thanks,
My Turkish is very bad. I'm currently just doing a bit of summer work.
Nothing on the web in English. I haven't tried Turkish yet.

Grendal · Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:57 pm Post subject:

Dear coldcucumber and whomever else,

Here is the visa agent I use. All in Turkish font so all you have to do is copy and paste.

ÖZALBAYRAK
Tercüme ve Müşavirlik Bürosu

Turan Emeksiz Sokak 12/16
Gaziosmanpaşa ANKARA
Türkiye

00905327894244 mobile
00903124673198 office
00903124670328 fax

[email protected]
[email protected]

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I am sure that will make things easier. I remember struggling through the list of 12 requirements on the paper. I deciphered most of them but Number 12 foxed me completely. In the end I asked the hotel receptionist he told me that the 12th requirement was

"Under no circumstances staple the above documents to the application form."

coldcucumber · Joined: 21 Dec 2012 Posts: 114

Being if this is alright with the admins?

Problem solved:
Hastur Travel
Hastur .com .tr

They were able to deal with the Visa, once the process was explained to them. Not terribly expensive, but not very cheap either.

KONAKLAR MAH.AKASYALI SOKAK. BLOK 53 BINA NO:5 DAİRE 22 4.LEVENT / İSTANBUL

Tel : 0212 283 05 60
Fax : 0212 283 05 61
Gsm : 0212 283 05 61