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Post by salam on May 17, 2023 22:13:54 GMT
o everyone.
I have accepted the job offer and after all the background screening and KYC clearance I was instructed to resign which I did straight away. I had to give my current employer a 3 months notice so that they can find a suitable replacement.
My notice period ended on 17th March 2023 while my degrees still sitting with Saudi Culture for attestation etc. I was also instructed to apply for my police clearance certificate when I resigned so I did and got it end of December last year. Now my Saudi travel agent told me that they are going to apply for my visa while we are waiting for the degree attestation process as it takes at least 3 months and as it's been more than 2 months already since I quit my job so that I can start earning and not sitting at home.
They also told me to apply for the police clearance certificate again as my previous one has expired as Saudi embassy won't accept the certs which are issued more than a month ago. So I have applied again and I also went for my medical last week.
My blood and urinalysis all came fine but in the chest x-ray report the radiologist has suggested that there is some pleural thickening on my chest wall and a CT scan might be helpful. On the basis of this the doctor has refused to sign off my medical and have told me to go for a CT scan. I argued that my chest x-ray report doesn't say it's abnormal and it isn't something that affects my ability to perform my work but they still insist on the ct scan. As I have been out of work for over 2 months already and don't have any private medical insurance I had to book a CT scan through my GP which they have sent a referral and have advised that it can take upto 3 weeks and another 10 days to get the results.
All of this is just adding to my problems and I am sitting at home panicking. I just wanted to see if any one here been through a similar situation and can give me some advice please. Also can I ask for some compensation for the time since I stopped working till now as I have only acted upon their instructions and only resigned when I was told to do so.
Any but of advice/guidance etc will be highly appreciated.
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tamsin
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Post by tamsin on May 18, 2023 9:06:00 GMT
When you say travel agent, do you mean your relocation advisor? From the company?
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Post by fj on May 18, 2023 9:32:13 GMT
I understood they didn’t instruct you to resign until visa and medical cleared?
I am sorry you are going through this - it sounds stressful.
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Post by salam on May 18, 2023 10:10:06 GMT
I understood they didn’t instruct you to resign until visa and medical cleared? I am sorry you are going through this - it sounds stressful. Hi thanks very much for your response, no they told me to resign after the KYC and background screening was cleared which I did and I stopped working on 17th March. I went for my medical last week almost after 2 months since I left my job. I have also received my 2nd police clearance certificate today so now it's just the medical. Obviously the most important thing for me and my family is my health and I really want to find out if there's anything wrong with me but I generally don't have any health issues and I am not on any medication etc plus I have a large family and unemployment is just getting on my nerves. |
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Post by salam on May 18, 2023 10:10:34 GMT
When you say travel agent, do you mean your relocation advisor? From the company? Yes |
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Post by tamsin on May 18, 2023 10:24:43 GMT
When you say travel agent, do you mean your relocation advisor? From the company? Yes Gosh, doesn’t sound best planned. I hope the ct goes well. |
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Post by newbee on May 18, 2023 12:06:22 GMT
So sorry to hear this, sounds very stressful. I was also under the same impression that they only ask you to resign once all the contingencies are cleared including medical, etc.
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Post by oilman on May 18, 2023 19:32:08 GMT
Sorry for your situation. But am I missing something here? As what you have gone through is very difference from my experience.
1- Are you dealing with Saudi Aramco Oversea - London office?
2- As others mentioned above, you should only resign once Visa and Medical have been cleared. In your case, somehow it didn't follow that step. That makes me wonder which office you are talking about.
3- Not sure why you have to apply for a Police Cert. I thought Credence get that on behalf of you when they perform BI. Does everyone here need to apply for a Police Cert before visa application?
4- My medical check was arranged by VMS. I was told that I could only access to my medical results after the completion of visa process. It was sent straight back to VMS. Meanwhile, in your case, you have all results before applying for the visa. Does anyone experience the same?
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Post by tamsin on May 18, 2023 20:17:12 GMT
Sorry for your situation. But am I missing something here? As what you have gone through is very difference from my experience. 1- Are you dealing with Saudi Aramco Oversea - London office? 2- As others mentioned above, you should only resign once Visa and Medical have been cleared. In your case, somehow it didn't follow that step. That makes me wonder which office you are talking about. 3- Not sure why you have to apply for a Police Cert. I thought Credence get that on behalf of you when they perform BI. Does everyone here need to apply for a Police Cert before visa application? 4- My medical check was arranged by VMS. I was told that I could only access to my medical results after the completion of visa process. It was sent straight back to VMS. Meanwhile, in your case, you have all results before applying for the visa. Does anyone experience the same? Well, yes. We came in with that office last year. Our police checks were done for us and if I recall correctly, expedited and only done in the last two weeks or so. I don’t think either of us have seen the medical results at all. |
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Post by salam on May 18, 2023 20:20:53 GMT
Sorry for your situation. But am I missing something here? As what you have gone through is very difference from my experience. 1- Are you dealing with Saudi Aramco Oversea - London office? 2- As others mentioned above, you should only resign once Visa and Medical have been cleared. In your case, somehow it didn't follow that step. That makes me wonder which office you are talking about. 3- Not sure why you have to apply for a Police Cert. I thought Credence get that on behalf of you when they perform BI. Does everyone here need to apply for a Police Cert before visa application? 4- My medical check was arranged by VMS. I was told that I could only access to my medical results after the completion of visa process. It was sent straight back to VMS. Meanwhile, in your case, you have all results before applying for the visa. Does anyone experience the same? Hi there thanks for your reply, 1- I have been offered the job with Saudi Aramco through SMP if that's what you are asking? So it's not aramco London office. 2- in my case it's the way I have noted earlier. 3- I was told to get the police clearance certificate and then Credence asked for it when I was going through the BI as well so not sure why it's different in my case. 4- this us where I am confused too and when I spoke to the doctor they said they just called me out of courtesy otherwise they could have just marked my medical as abnormal. I have just realised that there's a separate group for contract employees so I might have posted in the wrong group here but I thought this one was for all UK employees. |
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Post by salam on May 18, 2023 20:26:51 GMT
So sorry to hear this, sounds very stressful. I was also under the same impression that they only ask you to resign once all the contingencies are cleared including medical, etc. Thanks very much, one of my friend told me to hand in my notice after everything was cleared and not to follow the SMP contractors instructions but if I had done that it would have been unfair with my current employer not giving them enough time to get my replacement. It's not very straightforward unfortunately. |
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Post by fj on May 18, 2023 20:45:50 GMT
tamsin I think Aramco give a formal letter once visa, medical and all BI cleared? Is that right? You then give notice to current employer at that stage and only at that stage?
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Post by tamsin on May 18, 2023 20:55:58 GMT
tamsin I think Aramco give a formal letter once visa, medical and all BI cleared? Is that right? You then give notice to current employer at that stage and only at that stage? You are very clearly told, but it was verbal for us. No harm asking for an email too. |
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Post by BlueStaff on May 19, 2023 4:04:52 GMT
Just to clear up - SMP is a catch-all description for an employment agency, which in turn hires you to Aramco on a yearly renewable contract. My one advice woul be if it's not in writing, there is a fair chance it's a lie.
Some are better than others but ultimately Saudi Aramco are not responsible for this unfortunate situation.
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Post by salam on May 19, 2023 6:19:10 GMT
Just to clear up - SMP is a catch-all description for an employment agency, which in turn hires you to Aramco on a yearly renewable contract. My one advice woul be if it's not in writing, there is a fair chance it's a lie. Some are better than others but ultimately Saudi Aramco are not responsible for this unfortunate situation. Hiya I have got my yearly renewable contract and everything is in writing. I wish I had joined this forum before all the rest. But it's done now and my only hope is that my ct scan goes well! If not I will be in a very bad situation as I have already borrowed money to pay my bills etc. |
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