tamsin
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Post by tamsin on Sept 28, 2022 5:08:40 GMT
I know this is asked a lot so I thought I’d share our experience.
8/8 Husband arrived
10/8 Iqama medical. These are only done on a Wednesday so you need to make that appointment super fast if you have time constraints for family.
18/8 Medical received back, cleared for Iqama. Didn’t arrive until Thursday evening so nothing could be done until Sunday. Mine was done last Wednesday and cleared on Sunday. So that’s going to be down to how busy they are.
20/8 Applied for Iqama
21/8 Received Iqama, put previously prepared dependent forms and certificates in for translation.
28/8 Received forms back, made appointment for yellow slip.
1/9 Appointment, yellow slip received. Slip and paperwork couriered back to London.
4/9 Paperwork taken to embassy, used premium service.
5/9 Paperwork picked up and couriered to me. Flights booked.
8/9 Family flight
Obviously, you can’t control if they are busy but having all your paperwork ready, everything attested, proof of membership of required professional bodies etc will help the timeline.
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Post by shif2015 on Oct 1, 2022 5:35:32 GMT
Hi Tamsin
Could you please share your Husband's timeline of Joining from the Interview to arrival in Saudi? Thanks
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Post by tamsin on Oct 2, 2022 4:40:04 GMT
Hi Tamsin Could you please share your Husband's timeline of Joining from the Interview to arrival in Saudi? Thanks Hi! Sure, bear in mind that he was already Aramco Overseas though, which may have sped it up a bit, but the stuff required by the KSA government still needed doing. Joining AOC was 18 months from application to starting so one thing you do learn is it’s a long process. Beginning of March - Invited to apply Mid march - interview End of March - Intent to offer June 1st - Offer made and accepted that week. June and July was the paperwork and medical etc, I know they had a little trouble tracking down previous employers due to people moving etc and the name of his university had changed, that was slow. July 25th - instructed to resign current job. August 1st -paperwork sent to the embassy on one day turnaround, tickets booked. August 8th - Flight Hope that helps. |
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Post by jsam on Mar 2, 2023 6:26:34 GMT
I know this is asked a lot so I thought I’d share our experience. 8/8 Husband arrived 10/8 Iqama medical. These are only done on a Wednesday so you need to make that appointment super fast if you have time constraints for family. 18/8 Medical received back, cleared for Iqama. Didn’t arrive until Thursday evening so nothing could be done until Sunday. Mine was done last Wednesday and cleared on Sunday. So that’s going to be down to how busy they are. 20/8 Applied for Iqama 21/8 Received Iqama, put previously prepared dependent forms and certificates in for translation. 28/8 Received forms back, made appointment for yellow slip. 1/9 Appointment, yellow slip received. Slip and paperwork couriered back to London. 4/9 Paperwork taken to embassy, used premium service. 5/9 Paperwork picked up and couriered to me. Flights booked. 8/9 Family flight Obviously, you can’t control if they are busy but having all your paperwork ready, everything attested, proof of membership of required professional bodies etc will help the timeline. o. I have a question between following two points. 4/9 Paperwork taken to embassy, used premium service. 5/9 Paperwork picked up and couriered to me. Flights booked. Is medical needed for family in London since you applied for their visa in London embassy? was it done before 4/9? |
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Post by tamsin on Mar 2, 2023 7:08:00 GMT
Does not need to be London, as far as I know. Husband did his in London in may/June because it’s faster, I did mine in July in Scotland. Visas went to London because that’s where the embassy is, but they were happy enough to book my medical locally.
Has your RA not organised this yet?
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Post by carre4dreemz on Oct 7, 2023 7:22:06 GMT
Hi Tamsin
In your original post you mentioned that medicals take place on Wednesdays. Do you book your appointments appointments with the HR team or is there an app?
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Post by tamsin on Oct 7, 2023 7:41:31 GMT
Hi Tamsin In your original post you mentioned that medicals take place on Wednesdays. Do you book your appointments appointments with the HR team or is there an app? Add your family into my home, then call John Hopkins for an appointment. But, they will need their boarder numbers so best to book after arrival, if they ask for badge number it is the same as yours. One badge number per family. The Wednesday only appears to have changed and people are booked in all through the week now. |
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Post by alberta1 on Oct 8, 2023 0:24:03 GMT
Hi tamsin, Great info - thanks so much! I have few questions about the following and would greatly appreciate your response:
1. 20/8 Applied for Iqama - (Did you have apply yourself or HR assist with this step? If you how, which app to use?)
2. 21/8 Received Iqama, put previously prepared dependent forms and certificates in for translation. - Why you waited for translation if they were previously prepared? Could you have done this steps earlier?
3. 1/9 Appointment, yellow slip received. Slip and paperwork couriered back to London. (Who booked the appointment and couriered paperwork for Family Visa - RA?)
4. 4/9 Paperwork taken to embassy, used premium service. - Same as above?
5. 5/9 Paperwork picked up and couriered to me. Flights booked. Who booked the flight?
Also, once you arrived did HR helped you with any thing?
Regards!!!
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Post by alberta1 on Oct 8, 2023 0:26:05 GMT
Also, can you please list the documents you needed for your yellow slip/Iqama, and what documents required for family?
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Post by tamsin on Oct 8, 2023 4:54:37 GMT
Hi tamsin, Great info - thanks so much! I have few questions about the following and would greatly appreciate your response: 1. 20/8 Applied for Iqama - (Did you have apply yourself or HR assist with this step? If you how, which app to use?)2. 21/8 Received Iqama, put previously prepared dependent forms and certificates in for translation. - Why you waited for translation if they were previously prepared? Could you have done this steps earlier?3. 1/9 Appointment, yellow slip received. Slip and paperwork couriered back to London. (Who booked the appointment and couriered paperwork for Family Visa - RA?)4. 4/9 Paperwork taken to embassy, used premium service. - Same as above?5. 5/9 Paperwork picked up and couriered to me. Flights booked. Who booked the flight?
Also, once you arrived did HR helped you with any thing?
Regards!!!
1. HR/Onboarding will take you through this, step by step. 2. Cannot put in for translation until you have the iqama (you can do it as you collect your iqama), also cannot book yellow slip appt until you have the translation back. Step by step. HR will help you with this. 3. Booked own appointment then paperwork couriered to the visa processing company at home. 4. Organized by RA and the visa service. 5. RA books all flights. HR will help, colleagues will help. It’s tedious but not complicated. The things that you do have control over in order to speed it up are registering your national address, going to STC to link your phone to your Iqama, creating an ABSHER account and a local bank account. |
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Post by tamsin on Oct 8, 2023 4:55:59 GMT
Also, can you please list the documents you needed for your yellow slip/Iqama, and what documents required for family? Degree, marriage cert, birth certs of children. Your RA will advise. |
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Post by rahuls on Oct 9, 2023 8:31:50 GMT
A bit of opposite question from the theme, is there a time limit to bring family after my arrival in to KSA?
As per current estimation earliest they can arrive is Mar'24 (my arrival late Dec or early Jan) but we wanted to delay it till July, so our son can finish the school year.
Thanks in advance.
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Post by kyle1639 on Oct 9, 2023 9:05:28 GMT
A bit of opposite question from the theme, is there a time limit to bring family after my arrival in to KSA? As per current estimation earliest they can arrive is Mar'24 (my arrival late Dec or early Jan) but we wanted to delay it till July, so our son can finish the school year. Thanks in advance. So you'll need to make sure your RA knows you will be coming alone, essentially on bachelor status at that point. I arrived on family status and was told my family need to arrive within 90 days to maintain family status and family housing. I don't think it's fully enforced, as long as you are making efforts and plans to have your family join you. |
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Post by darrt3 on Oct 10, 2023 11:11:16 GMT
A bit of opposite question from the theme, is there a time limit to bring family after my arrival in to KSA? As per current estimation earliest they can arrive is Mar'24 (my arrival late Dec or early Jan) but we wanted to delay it till July, so our son can finish the school year. Thanks in advance. So you'll need to make sure your RA knows you will be coming alone, essentially on bachelor status at that point. I arrived on family status and was told my family need to arrive within 90 days to maintain family status and family housing. I don't think it's fully enforced, as long as you are making efforts and plans to have your family join you. I am due to arrive mid December and plan for the family to come at the Easter school break (end of march 22). They will be 5-10 days over the 90 day window, but I was told that if you keep HR informed and have made necessary provisions for your family to join they should be OK to extend/relax that enforcement. |
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