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burgess29
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 Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:47 pm Post subject: Which employers offer multiple exit re-entry VISA's? |
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Hi there,
I have been working in KSA now for 19 months. I would like to state from the outset that I'm generally content with my employer. The only thing I don't have, which I'd like is a multiple exit re-entry VISA (MERV).
Does anyone know which employers in KSA (or the UAE) actually provide these? I know that KFUPM does but beyond that I have no idea.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards
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scot47
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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My experience was that these multi visas are more common in Dhahran/Dammam/Khobar, because of the proximity of Bahrain.
BAe now offer them to their employees.
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shebab
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| I believe Prince Sultan University in Riyadh offers them, too.... |
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jaffa
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| Not sure that any employer 'offers' multiple exit/re-entry visas - you have to ask for one and do the paperwork. Most direct hire jobs (Aramco, Bae, university/government institutions) will readily make them available. Contractors, it seems, don't want employees to have them as they facilitate running. I work for the government and just have to fill out a form and pay SR500, wait a week, and there it is. Single exit/re-entry visas cost SR200 and can be received on the spot. |
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teachlife
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:29 am Post subject: Visa... |
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Dear Jaffa,
You mentioned single exit/entry visas are 200 SAR and issued on the spot. Where is the spot? Where do I go to get one?
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cairanya
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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| PNU offers them, evidently. |
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Complica Ted
Joined: 04 Nov 2012
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:37 pm Post subject: Re: Visa... |
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| teachlife wrote: |
Dear Jaffa,
You mentioned single exit/entry visas are 200 SAR and issued on the spot. Where is the spot? Where do I go to get one?
Thanks |
You can do it from any ATM. |
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spiral78
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| You can get a visa at an ATM? Wow, that IS advanced... |
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scot47
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Not quite. From the ATM you get a voucher and then you submit this through your employer with passport to the "Jawazat" |
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genericusername
Joined: 04 Dec 2012
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Location: Dubai
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:29 am Post subject: UAE is not an issue. |
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| In the UAE you have free movement in/out of the country, and it is illegal for an employer to keep your passport although many companies violate the law for low-wage workers. I've never heard of a company asking a westerner for his/her passport.. |
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jaffa
Joined: 25 Oct 2012
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:09 am Post subject: Re: Visa... |
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| teachlife wrote: |
Dear Jaffa,
You mentioned single exit/entry visas are 200 SAR and issued on the spot. Where is the spot? Where do I go to get one?
Thanks |
Sorry for the delay replying as I've just seen this.
'On the spot' is in the passport department of my employer. Other places have the same set up. Like I said that will depend on who your employer is.
You can't get a visa from an ATM. You can pay for it using an ATM or via an online bank account. |
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billings
Joined: 20 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:57 pm Post subject: Multi-entry visas |
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Many contractors DO offer/help with MERVs. - ask at interview!
SRACO does with no problem at all - after you have completed three-month probationary period! Many others do! Some charge a deposit of 5,000 or 10,000 riyals (returned when you leave - hopefully) to prevent doing a runner - but generally available! |
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gelynch52ph
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:15 am Post subject: Re: Passport being held |
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| genericusername wrote: |
| In the UAE you have free movement in/out of the country, and it is illegal for an employer to keep your passport although many companies violate the law for low-wage workers. I've never heard of a company asking a westerner for his/her passport.. |
My passport was demanded of me by International House when I was in KSA on a Business visa and in Khafji. They did not get it from me.
Interlink also wanted my passport to hold to keep me from running. I did not run but many did run away. |
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TEFL786
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:55 pm Post subject: Exit Re-Entry |
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| British Council also gives Multiple Exit Re-Entry visas (Valid for 2 years) free of cost. Also you keep your passport and Iqama with you. |
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scot47
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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| 2-year MERV ! Now that is something. The ones we got were valid for 180 days as I recall. |
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