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Post by dualnational on Oct 1, 2021 1:28:15 GMT
Hi All,
I've applied for a role at Aramco and the next stage is the recorded HireVue interview so I'm still in the early stage of the process. I am a dual Canadian and Irish citizen and when I submitted my application I chose Irish as my country of passport for the purpose of issuing the Saudi Arabian visa. I was born in Canada and moved to the UK in 2009 using my Irish passport after completing my engineering degree in Canada. I've spent ten of the last twelve years working in the UK and the other two on a project in the Middle East, with the same company I was working for in the UK.
Does the country of passport in my application have an impact on my compensation or benefits? Does the passport I choose for the visa mean that I would be paid in that country's currency? Do I need to consider the state of diplomatic relations with each country? If there are other possible impacts that I haven't considered, any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks
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Post by Canadiga on Oct 4, 2021 2:28:29 GMT
Payroll is based on the passport of hire.
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Post by amyst on Nov 23, 2021 23:13:53 GMT
Good luck with your application
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Post by CanuckSnowbirdinginUSA on Nov 27, 2021 19:02:11 GMT
Hi All, I've applied for a role at Aramco and the next stage is the recorded HireVue interview so I'm still in the early stage of the process. I am a dual Canadian and Irish citizen and when I submitted my application I chose Irish as my country of passport for the purpose of issuing the Saudi Arabian visa. I was born in Canada and moved to the UK in 2009 using my Irish passport after completing my engineering degree in Canada. I've spent ten of the last twelve years working in the UK and the other two on a project in the Middle East, with the same company I was working for in the UK. Does the country of passport in my application have an impact on my compensation or benefits? Does the passport I choose for the visa mean that I would be paid in that country's currency? Do I need to consider the state of diplomatic relations with each country? If there are other possible impacts that I haven't considered, any advice would be appreciated! Thanks Passport will dictate which Aramco office is processing your application. If it's Houston, then you are being classified as a "North American" Global employee, and all your dealings will be treated as such (they will ask for pay stubs and compare them to American/Canadian standards etc, your allowances will be based on you living in Canada/US etc). If your application is being dealt with the UK office of Aramco, then you will be classified as a "British Expat" and everything they do will revert back to comparing you to EU citizens and their standards of living. But if you are already in the interview stage, that means your file has already been classified as either Houston or London. You can't change that now because each HR office only has a very specific quota of jobs and specific positions they can fill. I was in the same boat (dual British / Canadian) and file was being processed by Houston, when I suggested they move me to British Global Payroll, when the response came back "okay, we will cancel your Houston file. Go and apply again to the UK office and see if they accept your file". |
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Post by bj222 on Mar 30, 2022 14:49:49 GMT
What if it's Africa, which office is handling that.
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Post by framaikc on Mar 30, 2022 16:12:09 GMT
What if it's Africa, which office is handling that. |
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Post by SLVST on Jun 8, 2023 8:36:28 GMT
Thank you for the great forum, I am going through the interview process and I was wondering what kind of impact ( offer level , taxes...) can have the fact that I am an EU national, but I am permanent resident in the EFTA region (Switzerland) where taxes are usually lower than in EU.
Will they only consider my passport, or mostly my residence?
any advice?
thank you
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Post by tamsin on Jun 8, 2023 11:53:00 GMT
Thank you for the great forum, I am going through the interview process and I was wondering what kind of impact ( offer level , taxes...) can have the fact that I am an EU national, but I am permanent resident in the EFTA region (Switzerland) where taxes are usually lower than in EU. Will they only consider my passport, or mostly my residence? any advice? thank you It’s passport, which will indicate your multiplier. Different countries get different %. Offers tend to match your current salary plus multiplier. We don’t pay tax here. |
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Post by SLVST on Jun 9, 2023 13:41:23 GMT
Thank you Tamsin
If things progress well, I will keep options open to bring family or not (bachelor status).
I understand that for bachelor status you might need to pay part of the taxes in your home country.
this is why Switzerland (the country of residence) or Italy (country of passport) could make a big difference here.
any insight?
Thank you
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Post by tamsin on Jun 9, 2023 14:18:25 GMT
Thank you Tamsin If things progress well, I will keep options open to bring family or not (bachelor status). I understand that for bachelor status you might need to pay part of the taxes in your home country. this is why Switzerland (the country of residence) or Italy (country of passport) could make a big difference here. any insight? Thank you The company will not care where your family live or where you own property, they will only look at your passport. I believe annual leave for bachelors is in the 50 day range, including public holidays and travel days so I would imagine you’d not be in the country long enough to pay tax. |
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Post by SLVST on Jun 9, 2023 14:33:01 GMT
I see the point about passport.
Regarding taxes, I have read quite a bit also in the forum, and usually there is a 1 year rule valid in most countries.
unfortunately in the majority of the European country, the tax residence test has a key element that is where your "center of interests" is located...
i.e. if the family is in Switzerland (or Italy by the way), you need to pay taxes on your worldwide income even if you personally live and work outside the country for more than 1 year.
Usually there is a double taxation treaty in place (you pay only the difference between taxes in home country and work country) , but since there are no taxes KSA, this means 100% tax liability in home country.
I will need to get a tax advisor looking into this when things are more defined.
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Post by arcticengineer on Jun 9, 2023 16:59:31 GMT
Thank you Tamsin If things progress well, I will keep options open to bring family or not (bachelor status). I understand that for bachelor status you might need to pay part of the taxes in your home country. this is why Switzerland (the country of residence) or Italy (country of passport) could make a big difference here. any insight? Thank you The company will not care where your family live or where you own property, they will only look at your passport. I believe annual leave for bachelors is in the 50 day range, including public holidays and travel days so I would imagine you’d not be in the country long enough to pay tax. Bachelor leave is not 50 day, that was done away with years ago. Bachelor leave is the same 38 days as family status. The only difference is you get additional travel days. |
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Post by tamsin on Jun 9, 2023 20:33:55 GMT
The company will not care where your family live or where you own property, they will only look at your passport. I believe annual leave for bachelors is in the 50 day range, including public holidays and travel days so I would imagine you’d not be in the country long enough to pay tax. Bachelor leave is not 50 day, that was done away with years ago. Bachelor leave is the same 38 days as family status. The only difference is you get additional travel days. 38 days plus 4 travel days plus public holidays is in the 50 day range, no? |
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Post by BlueStaff on Jun 10, 2023 3:35:26 GMT
In the range of 50 days, sure but the old bachelor package was one repat plus 2 "interim" leaves of 14 days plus the extra vacation days.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2023 8:26:52 GMT
In the range of 50 days, sure but the old bachelor package was one repat plus 2 "interim" leaves of 14 days plus the extra vacation days. So on a like-for-like, it was more like more like 72 days on the old bachelor package. |
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