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[sandy8080]

Guys I will be moving to KSA in the month of April as my wife has been appointed for the post of Lecturer in Jazan University. I got 3 or 4 Question and need some help in this regard!.
1. Since I am from the IT Field what about job prospectus for the IT Field in KSA especially Jazan.
2. Since I will be having dependent Visa and I know that work is not permitted still, is there are any chances to get some work in this case.
3. Both of us doesn�t know the driving, is this is going to be big draw back for us.
4. Both of us are vegetarian, is this is going to be big draw back for us.
5. Does English works in the market and in general.
Frens, I will be very thankful to you for your comments.

[Sheikh N Bake]

I don't know anything about Jazan. No, you're not supposed to work. You could get deported along with your wife. You can cook vegetarian as long as you have access to a half-decent supermarket. I don't see that as a problem. As for driving, what do you mean you "don't know the driving"? You don't have driver's licenses or you don't know what driving is like in the Kingdom? It's the worst driving in the world, probably worse than places like Afghanistan or remote regions of Pakistan, because the lunatics in Saudi have the benefit of highways where they can drive erratically at 200 kph.

[sandy8080]

Thanks waiting for some more answers!

Regards

[Beansontoast]

I can't verify any of this, as it came via email from someone living in Jizan; but they told me:-

The heat outside in the summer is unbearable
All the stores and products are bilingual (Arabic-English).
You won't miss any of the basic things to live, because they are available. You have to learn to find them. Even a McDonald's is available in a nearby town.

BT

[sandy8080]

Thanks Mate,

Any more were be welcomed

Regards

[trapezius]

1) IT is a fast-developing field in Saudi, so job prospects for IT professionals are always good. Not sure about a small town like Jazan, though.

2) Legally, you can't work, and it is not something I recommend you do for at least a few months initially. Later on, once you have adjusted and made some friends and acquaintances, you could see what the conditions are like. Hundreds of thousands of expats here work when they are are not supposed to, but it is mostly women (housewives and young women living with parents). There are, however, hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions) of men who work for someone other than their sponsor. So, stuff like this goes on. As I said, get a general feel for the place and then decide. In a big city, it would be safer, but I suspect that in a small town, everybody would kind of know each other, in a sense of speaking.

3) Women can't drive. As for you, if you don't know how to drive, learn it once you get there. Go to the local driving school there and get yourself a license. It would be great if you could arrive with a driving license from wherever you are living currently as it could (depending on which country you are in) make things a lot easier, as easy as swapping your license for a Saudi one.

4) Vegetables, grains (and grain products), beans, and lentils are widely available here (fresh, frozen, dried, packaged, etc). Fancy/gourmet/expensive American/European vegetarian/vegan food is available in the bigger cities, but I don't know about Jazan. You don't sound like the type who buys such food, though!

5) You can get around pretty much any city in Saudi using just English. If you know Urdu/Hindi, that makes it infinitely better, as most of the shopkeepers and taxi drivers are South Asian.

As per Wikipedia:

[veiledsentiments]

Hey Trap... good to see you back...

VS

[sandy8080]