visa block

ITGuru,

You will receive a letter from Aramco telling you all your contingencies have been cleared: BI and Medical. Your job still depends on degree attestation and obtaining a visa.

This can all take time.

It is my understanding (which may not be accurate) Visa blocks are actually requested by all companies 2 or 3 times a year. The company has to mostly guess what kind of visa they are going to need. The have to list le, nationality, gender, etc and if you are then hired and match one of these pre-requested visas it goes quickly. Otherwise you are waiting as they request a visa that is specific to you and then it is wait on the government to issue the visa blocks.

Patience is the key.

Thanks vpainter for information.
I received my confirmation that I have cleared the BI and Medical on 11 August 2014.
Now waiting for visa block. Hopefully will be good news soon

So excited for new challenges and an awesome place to be in. I have previously worked in Qatar which is not far from Dhahran and familiar with the GCC, quality excellent family time and loads of quality work challenges.

I am sure we will all be smiling once we all get there. Patience and being calm is no doubt the key.

A piece of advise that as much helpful and quick you will be in responding to queries raised to yourself as an applicant the easier, faster and clearer it makes the process. AOC London is no doubt very helpful, friendly professional and guide each step through this logical procedure.

ITGuru,

Congrats.
You just reminded me back in January.
I got BI and school clearance and I was and still am waiting on the visa block.

Patience is key, that's no doubt. Also don't change your life around you until you got that visa stamp on your passport and your final clearance letter, this will make your wait easier and less stressful. Keep your life flowing like it was before.

Visa blocks can be requested by companies in status of being able to contract expacts at least every two months but the release from the ministry of labour and foreing afairs can take from 3 up to 9 months or more, so be patience.

It's not guaranteed that your visa le is requested before you got your BI clearance so you might end up getting it after a while.
Every timeline is normal, still you need to be aware that there are a considerable amount of people waiting for it since January 2014, so it's better to be ready for the wait and if it is released earlier better.
Keep your expectations in a moderate level it will save you some stress, visa block will eventually be released, when you just can't tell.....

Regards.

TiffanyRena,

Congratulations !!

Can you please share some details...

- Which office are you dealing with - AOC or ASC?
- When did you application process start - when were you give an offer?
- What is your visa le?
- What is your nationality?
- When did you hear the good news of getting your visa le? Any other update or insight from your relo? How many visa les were received? what nationalities, etc ?

Thanks! I'm sure many of us would appreciate the above information

All the best with your relocation !!

Congratulations TiffanyRena!

Any inside info from AOC London regarding the visa block release?
I assume that since the ASC in Houston received some visa les, the same thing will happen here in London soon.
Based on my rel adv a visa block might be release second week of August.
Thanks, CK.

Congratulations and good luck to visa winners

A question I have in mind is that based on some previous posts I have read in same thread as well.



Am I thinking correctly that when a "one visa block" is released, is it utilised and assigned AOC and ASC at same time?

And the visas are required to state the nationality so they are not interchangeable.