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Post by Khurri on Jun 2, 2014 13:50:51 GMT
We were in Houston last week for orientation and visa medical. I am a computer engineer. My relo advisor told me that my le came as engineer. So no specific engineering category in my case. She also told me that they are contacting people few at a time so whoever has not heard from them may be contacted in coming days. Good luck to all who are waiting.
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Post by bluebelle on Jun 2, 2014 14:27:38 GMT
erdna_oaoj and Chrismater2000, Still no le?  I hope yours will come soon, and you will be Udh as well, would be so nice! |
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Post by O&GEngg on Jun 2, 2014 16:24:59 GMT
Anyone know what the story is with getting medicals attested at the consulate in Houston? I received word that I had passed my visa medical exam two weeks ago and ASC is saying that they're waiting for the consulate to attest/stamp the medical results before we can apply for the visa. From what I understood this was a fairly quick/simple step that is now beginning to stretch out.
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Post by zulunara on Jun 2, 2014 18:20:41 GMT
O& GEngg, Yeah don't understand that bit myself.... I guess the visa medical is only required for visa purposes and since you passed the visa medical test, that should be enough to to get the visa issued (provided other documents are in order) and again why would the same consulate needed to attest or stamp the result before issuing the visa?  ? |
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Post by O&GEngg on Jun 2, 2014 20:03:08 GMT
zulunara - apologies...I should have been more clear...I'm Canadian. What this means is that the visa medical needs to be attested at the consulate in Houston prior to applying for my visa here in Canada. I don't know what the problem is.
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Post by crooner on Jun 2, 2014 22:05:26 GMT
o All,
I contacted my ## because my medicals are about to expire and the response was there is an "extension" for the moment, on medical results from 3 to 4 months for US Candidates, so there was no need to redo our medicals at the moment.
Has anyone else heard this?
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Post by subasio on Jun 3, 2014 6:58:12 GMT
O& GEngg,
I just went through this process myself. If I have your facts right, before the Saudi consulate in Canada can issue your visa, you must have the Saudi consulate attest to the Med tests in the country where the tests were taken. In your case the USA.
Before the Saudi consulate in the USA can attest, the Med tests need authentication. Some authorized agency of the USA side needs to assure that the tests were legitimate "authenticated" BEFORE the Saudi consulate in the USA will act to "attest" and represent that the test taken in the USA have validity to the Saudi Embassy in another country. In your case Canada.
If you were an American getting the visa issued in the USA by the Saudi Embassy through its consulate in Houston, the authentication and attestation would not be required.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2014 13:19:08 GMT
subasioThis is a pretty interesting explanation, since in my case I am living in a north african country with pretty good medical centers, but the local visa agent in France asserts that the medical tests must be done in France, which is both my country and point of origin. For that reason I have already been travelling two times to France for medical checks, and since some test results are missing, I will once more need to go there for a third time. If I follow your reasoning, this means that I could make the tests in country where I am living and get the test results attested by the local consulate or ambassy of KSA, and send the complete results to France?
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Post by infquery on Jun 3, 2014 15:05:10 GMT
In case of America medicals are handled by ASC, which is in Houston. ASC tends to run all the medicals for candidates, both US and neighbors, because they have dedicated medical personal and facilities. The US candidates will have their results attested there in Houston and managed there in Houston as well. For the UK everything is managed by AOC in London.
As long as I know, there are arrangements for medical services in some countries, not all, but the preference is people having visa medicals in country of origin, where the visa is going to be issued, despite current location or quality of medical services. Or have the tests run by AOC or ASC whichever is the case. My case was AOC and I'm not UK citizen
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Post by JeffSteiner on Jun 3, 2014 22:00:32 GMT
infquery, with minor notes, your understanding seems to agree with my experience. I was initially flown to Houston from Canada, during which I received the standard orientation and full medical. When the extended visa delay invalidated my medical results (other than x-ray and vision), I was required to:
1. Have the tests re-run in Canada by an accredited medical facility of my own choosing and
2. Have the bona fides of the attending physician attested by the College of Physicians and Surgeons (the governing body for medical certification in my home province of Ontario).
So the attestation was not of the medical results but rather of the physician reviewing the results and determining normalcy/acceptability. This attestation, along with the formal visa medical form and the complete lab certified results were sent to ASC Medical in Houston and found to be acceptable.
At the same time (or roughly 2 weeks later) another Canadian forum contributor with whom I have exchanged email and phone calls, was flown to Houston to re-do his medicals. His first run through was done in London before he re-patriated to Canada this year.
The upshot -- if you are looking for a pattern, it may be difficult to find. Perhaps, the best way to proceed is to follow direction from whomever contacts you about the status of your medicals...
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Post by subasio on Jun 4, 2014 10:47:00 GMT
In my case, I am an American with Italian residency. I am being processed through the Houston office. I thought that I was going to have to travel to Houston for my med clearance. But I was instructed to have it done here in Italy. I did quite a bit of running around.
In your case, in order to try to avoid the third trip to France, I might start by asking the Saudi Consulate in France if the authentication of the med test and the attestation by the Saudi Consulate in the country you reside would be adequate.
Speak to a consular officer. I was fortunate enough to establish a contact with a very helpful one in Rome last year. I am not sure I could have accomplished this process as the second consular officer I spoke to was not as familiar with the process and directed me to a subcontractor who in turn said they did not handle this.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2014 21:29:10 GMT
Good news, a new batch of visa blocks was released today in KSA.
Seems that the labor ministry is working hard to catch up.
Hopefully some of those waiting since a long time (special credit to Boban) could be in this time?
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Post by fgonza on Jun 4, 2014 21:51:06 GMT
Atactic,
Do you know the nationalities in the last batch approved?
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Post by BBQ10 on Jun 5, 2014 5:42:39 GMT
If anyone has any information on this new batch of les, let's have it!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 6:56:08 GMT
I am sorry, i don't have any details about neither number nor nationalities.
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