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Linguist
Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 202
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject: Saudi entry visa from Bahrain, Emirates (Dubai), Egypt ... |
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My friend is in need of help regarding getting the Saudi entry visa through the Saudi embassy in Bahrain, Egypt, Dubai or Oman. He wants to leave Saudi with a final exit and get his passport stamped with the Saudi entry visa on the same day.
Has anyone done this?
If yes, where should he get his medical done?
Would the Saudi embassy require that all his certificates be translated in Arabic ?
How long does it take for any of these four countries to process the visa?
If you know anyone who has done this exercise recently, I would appreciate if you could put me in touch with the person. I'll forward the info to my friend.
Thanks. |
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Sweeney Todd
Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 71 Location: The Dosshouse Down the Mile End Road
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject: Re: Saudi entry visa from Bahrain, Emirates (Dubai), Egypt . |
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| My friend is in need of help regarding getting the Saudi entry visa through the Saudi embassy in Bahrain, Egypt, Dubai or Oman. He wants to leave Saudi with a final exit and get his passport stamped with the Saudi entry visa on the same day. |
What, in the name of all things holy, is this supposed to mean? |
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scot47

Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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There is no chance of getting this done in the time frame he wants. It may not be possible at all.
Has he learned nothing from his stay in Arabia ? |
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Linguist
Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 202
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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There is nothing unclear here for whoever understands English, dear Sweeney.
It seems that some folks did obtain their visa from Bahrain in matters of hours. What about the certs? And the medical? Where does he get it done in Saudi?  |
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sheikh radlinrol
Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm with Sweeney Todd. What the hell does it mean? Scot 47 seems to have fathomed it out. Please enlighten us. |
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scot47

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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 5:06 am Post subject: |
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His 'friend' (imaginary or otherwise) has, as I understand it. finsihed working with one employer in KSA. He wishes to proceed on 'exit only' to one of the neighbouring states, and there acquire a new visa. This would allow him to re-enter the Kingdom and begin a new job with a new employer.
Wishful thinking.and it displays a lack of understanding of how the bureaucracy operates in Saudi Arabia and in Saudi missions beyond the shores of the Magic Kingdom.
A clear case of 'Delusional Expatriate Psychosis'. |
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Robski

Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 50 Location: Middle Europe
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 8:48 am Post subject: |
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I, too, have heard that this is unlikely. One of the blokes I know said that the best way to take up a second job in the Magic Kingdom is to go home and wash your passport - ie get a new one that doesn't have any Saudi stamps in it; those nice chaps at the embassy love to check stuff - "did he really leave without running up debts?" etc.
Also, one of the blokes here, who is coming to the end of his contract and has applied for a job elsewhere, said that he even has to sell his car before "leaving" the Kingdom and get papers to prove it etc. in order to (re)enter SA and take up his new job with his new visa. He will have to do the medical again in Bahrain before getting the new sinlge entry-exit visa before applying for a new multiple entry-exit visa. . . .
If all the paperwork is absolutey right, we suppose it could feasibly be done in a day, that is if everything is neat and tidy and those nice chaps at the embassy are in a helpful mood. This is unlikely, apparently. You will need a couple of days at least. |
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Stephen Jones
Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 11:41 am Post subject: |
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If the two employers are both in the government sector, or both in the private sector, and the person involved has completed a one year contract then the best way is a transfer of sponsorship, which means he won't have to leave the country at all. Regulations have been much relaxed in respect of this. It will make a mess of the holidays mind you, as the system wasn't put into place thinking of teachers.
If he is going to apply from his home country, then the employer will need a block visa at the embassy in his home country. If they want it issued anywhere else, then there are various matters to go through, and I believe the block visa has to go through the foreign office to be transferred, though KFUPM appeared to do it differently when they got me in from Sri Lanka.
Whatever, the friend needs to have everything very carefully co-ordinated with his new employer. |
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Cleopatra

Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 3657 Location: Tuamago Archipelago
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