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Post by UK_Finance_Applicant on May 3, 2014 2:29:14 GMT
Hi folks
I have a quick question regarding block visa slip or visa papers. I am in early stages of clearing my contingencies.
I received my offer 3 weeks ago, and submitted all requested information for BI clearance, and I have my medical booked in for next week.
I also need to have my degree attested, from pakistan.
The attestation can take 2-3 months, after all support documents are submitted. Part of the requirement is that the Saudi cultural needs a copy of the block visa slip, or a paper with my visa details (which I've been told is called enjaz).
My relocation advisor tells me that this has not been issued as yet, and could take time.
The chap at Saudi cultural said that with visa slip he cannot accept my docs for attestation, and the fact that I've been given a contract of employment means that my visa slip (enjaz?) has Been issued by ministry of labour, without which companies in Saudi cannot issue an offer - he tells me this is the law. Is this true??
My question on this forum is, did anyone of you who have been waiting for block visa to be issued have had any of your contingencies held up because of this, eg degree attestation? Did any of you receive any other document issued from ministry of labour or something called enjaz (which is a online screen shot, with basic details on the candidate) ??
Any advise on what contingencies need to be cleared before block visa can be expected would be appreciated.
Many thanks for your help!!
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Post by bluebelle on May 3, 2014 8:30:16 GMT
David_and_Nita, Congratulations!
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Post by BBQ10 on May 3, 2014 9:16:50 GMT
David_and_Nita, That is awesome! Mabrook!
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Post by boban on May 3, 2014 14:12:32 GMT
David_and_Nita,
Congrats!!!
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Post by David_and_Nita on May 3, 2014 14:32:57 GMT
Thanks y'all! Hope we all get to meet up over there - supposedly we will be in RT but I'm sure we will see ya when you come play at our beach!
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Post by ikh on May 3, 2014 14:36:37 GMT
Congrts David!!!
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Post by fgonza on May 3, 2014 14:46:14 GMT
Congrats David! Hope we meet at KSA. I will be based at Rakah compound. Regards
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Post by TexasFamily4 on May 3, 2014 17:33:19 GMT
Congrats David_and_Nita!! That's great news. Hopefully I'm right behind you -- ASC Houston told me a few days ago that I should be in this visa block (been waiting since mid January), but no word yet on le assigned. I'm curious to see how long it takes to get your final visa/stamped passport back from the Consulate -- ASC also told me that the normal 7 to 10 day window could be longer due to huge backlog that they have to process. Please keep us updated on your progress.
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Post by calgaryflamer on May 3, 2014 19:58:46 GMT
Hi Folks, This forum has been amazing, thank you all. New user/Senior browser :lol:
I'm with most of you on this waiting game, did my visa medicals back in August last year,
I get occasional updates from my ##, my Visa Medicals expired and now asked to re-do them.
Question: any idea where to do medicals in The Netherlands?
cheers
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Hero55
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Post by Hero55 on May 5, 2014 3:17:11 GMT
Hi all glad to hear that some people got thier visa block. I am still waiting since September 2013. And body here is waiting since last year ?
Regards
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Post by fgonza on May 5, 2014 3:57:28 GMT
Dear Hero55 You´re not alone. Here waiting since November 2013. Hope this next week will bring great news, finally.
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Post by Shale_YYC on May 5, 2014 4:44:20 GMT
Dear Hero55,
I am waiting since July 2013. Eagerly waiting for next week's news
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Post by ritzkool on May 5, 2014 5:02:37 GMT
Dear Hero55, fgonza and Shale_YYC,
Many have been waiting since last year. I've been waiting since September 2013 too.
Praying hard that the long awaited good news will finally come this week.
Unfortunately, I'll have to wait at least till Tuesday any news because today is a bank holiday in the UK, so the folks at AOC London are not working.
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Post by tvdloo on May 5, 2014 13:33:07 GMT
o everyone,
I was just wondering if anybody who was in the January 14th visa block application has heard back from their relocation advisor as of yet as to whether they were included in the most recent block?
Since there have been different visa block le application dates, it would be very helpful if each forum member who received notification of being in a block could provide the date their visa le was applied for, just to give the rest of us an idea of where they might stand in the visa process.
My relocation advisor is travelling at the moment so I have not heard anything back as of yet...
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Post by 290811 on May 5, 2014 15:09:33 GMT
While my visa le was apparently not in the latest release (applied for in February), my degree was successfully attested by the cultural mission. I have been advised to not do visa medical yet, not until they get the visa le. Apparently, whatever was holding up the les is now resolved (fully/partially...don't know), so next month is what I'm expecting at this point. If so, that probably means visa is in hand end of June...no point going over during Ramadan I hear...so that means August at the earliest, realistically September.
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