Normal day for stay at home mum in SA

Do you know where your husbands position is? Or where you'd possible be staying camp wise?

I moved here with my wife and two young kids (now 5 & 2) in December 2021 from a small town north west of Aberdeen.

My oldest is in K4 and is only in school mornings, but after summer goes to full days in KG.

My wife has been fortunate to make a good circle of friends, and that circle is constantly evolving and changing with people coming and going, part of the natural cycle of expat life I guess, but she often either attends spin class etc, goes for morning coffee/breakfast at the cafe on the beach, or has friends round for brunch. I work in a remote area so I'm away Sunday to Thursday, but she's never felt lonely here. Afternoons are generally filled with walks to the parks, beach or skate park. The weather is really nice right now, but after June it's very difficult to get out due to the heat/humidity.

My wife said she doesn't regret coming here and is very happy to have come. The best advice she got was to venture out and make friends, which she's glad she's done. There's no daycare as such on camp, we are lucky to have good friends who can babysit if we ever need it, and we do the same for them, it's all part of camp life. Feel free to message me if you want to talk anymore if things move forward regarding your husbands application.

Aramco have sent benefits information however can anyone inform me what dependent fees we will pay per month in pounds please?

400sar (£80) per dependent per month.

Exit visas, it’s about £50 per person for a single, £120 for a 3 month multiple and then £25 a month to extend multiple. I think those numbers are correct.

About £150-200 for a driving licence, once you’ve done the medical, bought the licence.

Private school fees, if you are going that route. A whole bunch of initial payments out of pocket and a contribution to the fees.

How do you all cope with the summer heat? I’m thinking of the kids and their activities - are there indoor soft plays with AC etc? Many thanks

There is a lot of indoor kid stuff and there are pools.

You will acclimatise, children acclimatise even faster. Not to say it’s not ever too hot or safe to be running around at noon but it’ll become far more bearable. And when you go home, you’ll be the one, in June, wearing her big coat.