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Post by Melody on Jun 6, 2014 13:44:58 GMT
Hi, I am a new member of this great forum.Wonderful jobs with what I read so far. I am waiting for an offer after a successful interview.Just sent my payslip.Hope I am not over -hoping  I want to confirm if it is a must to move my family, if I am actually given a GC of family status. What if I decide to leave my family for a year before relocation to SA? How often will one be given opportunity to travel to one's country to see his family. Does anyone have the answer. |
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Post by vpainter on Jun 8, 2014 15:46:57 GMT
Men come all the time on Bachelor Status with a GC 11+ eligible for family status. Just means you can convert to family status when you are ready. If the family comes within 90 days, then you get your family home in the beginning. If they come after 90 days, then you get bachelor quarters now and family housing later about a month before they arrive.
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Post by fsaeed81 on Jun 10, 2014 1:16:38 GMT
I'm in the same status as Melody. I have a follow-up question to that; if we were to choose Bachelor status and from what I understand we will live in single house. If we later choose to bring our family, is it difficult to change our status from bachelor to family? Difficulty being reassigned family housing unit. Are there adequate amount of family housing units so that once we decide to switch our status, there would be one available?
Thanks
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Post by vpainter on Jun 10, 2014 13:43:33 GMT
There is not a problem changing to family status. But what has happened previously because of the housing shortage is for example: As a bachelor you are housed in DHA, changing to family status requires you go to ABQ for available family housing. Some bachelors are assigned ABQ already and the family housing would probably be in ABQ also. If you were in DHA and at the time of changing to family housing and there was a house available in DHa you were eligible for, you could be assigned housing in DHA.
Housing assignments depend on availability whether first arrival or changing status.
It can take 3 to 6 months to acquire the family visas. They have to go through the medical approval also and the kids have to be accepted by Aramco schools.
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Post by Indy on Jun 15, 2014 2:00:46 GMT
To piggy back onto this topic, we are a family of four and our children are ages 13 & 14. Our current status is we are excited to have accepted an offer from Aramco and have recently submitted our first chapter of paperwork back to Aramco asking for family status. We understand the husband can travel first and have the family come over within 90 days to keep family status which may be our circumstance given the wife's care taking responsibilities for her elderly mother in the U.S. Our question is, is it permissible for our 2 children, given their age, to travel over initially with their dad and start school on the compound while waiting for the wife/mother to arrive?
Thank you always for your most helpful advice on this site!
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Post by Wutz on Jun 15, 2014 2:55:54 GMT
I think that it would be alright. I've not heard of a rule (Aramco or government) preventing the husband and children arriving before the wife, assuming everyone is in within the 90 days. And do note that the 90 days is within 90 days of the visa issue, not husband's arrival.
Wutz
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Post by Indy on Jun 15, 2014 18:10:04 GMT
Thank you Wutz for your quick reply and reminder on the visa requirements. Given we do not know the future health of the wife's mother beyond the 90 days, does "family status" mandate the wife being there or is family status met with the kids being over there? Please know it is our desire and intent for the entire family, wife included, to be there ASAP yet the health of the children's maternal grandmother poses an unknown factor for us regarding time frames.
Thank you!
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Post by vpainter on Jun 15, 2014 19:00:55 GMT
Family status is based on the wife being in the kingdom, not the children. No wife, no family status. She may have to come within the 90 days while her visa is good and acquire her resident visa and iqama and then return to take care of her mother. Your wife can be out of the kingdom for 180 days without it effecting your family status once she has her iqama and resident visa.
This may take a week or two to receive the resident visa and iqama.
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Post by Indy on Jun 17, 2014 5:40:43 GMT
Thank you Vpainter for your detailed explanation. You have had made the matter more clear!  |
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Post by aberdeenuk on Jul 6, 2014 18:59:41 GMT
hi,
either you can have a visa for the whole family and you can travel alone first.but your family have to join you within 90 days.....in this way you can settle down first, have iqama ,driving license.......
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you can first , have iqama etc then apply for visa for your family ,,it is 2 to 3 months process.
also if you are an engineer then iqama time is 4 weeks ( 2 weeks because of registration with saud i engineering council)
enjoy.......
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Post by Melody on Sept 3, 2014 13:07:40 GMT
Thanks Vpainter and others for the wonderful inputs and more questions for clarification.
The second question was not actually answered.Apart from vacation period which other time can I use to travel and see my family before they eventually come over??
The picture is clearer now on the first question,though I am still waiting for an offer. :oops:
Like I have learnt in this great forum, patience does it.Will keep on waiting.
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Post by vpainter on Sept 3, 2014 19:30:21 GMT
Holidays and scheduled days off that create 3 day weekends or weekends themselves; depending how much time you need to go home. As a bachelor status employee you can schedule more trips home with the days you have available the first year at your own expense with approval of your supervisor/manager.
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