Moving To Khobar Saudi Arabia

[seochris]

Originally Posted by gaurav06091980

Hello friends,
Hope every body is doing at his best.....my name is Gaurav, and i do require some information about lifestyle in Alkhobar....I mean first i am moving without family but sooner i will bring them along with me....I would like to have an idea about city.......how can a person pass his time after his office schedule....Are there good branded gym available ....what about swimming pools.....
Hows city in terms of cost.......
Does it have good indian resturants.

Yes I would be very interested in the above as well as I might be moving to Dammam soon!

[zulfah]

Hi, I would like to know how long it takes to get your iqama for Saudi, my husband is working for a very big company there for 3 months now and he is still waiting on his papers, I understand that 50% of the major companies were in redzone and that is why they stopped permits for expatriates but the situation has been rectified about 2 weeks ago, just want to know if anyone else is also waiting this long for papers

Thanks

[jrp928]

Originally Posted by zulfah

Hi, I would like to know how long it takes to get your iqama for Saudi, my husband is working for a very big company there for 3 months now and he is still waiting on his papers, I understand that 50% of the major companies were in redzone and that is why they stopped permits for expatriates but the situation has been rectified about 2 weeks ago, just want to know if anyone else is also waiting this long for papers

Thanks

My experience is now 10 years old, but back then 3 months was not unusual time to take for iqama to be issued and family visa to be sorted out. I assume he has sent ALL paperwork in - birth certs for all, marriage cert, qualifications etc, and all attested/verified? I wasnt aware there was a 'red' zone in Saudi - whats that about?
jp

[gwpaterson]

Hi
I moved in May and had mine with 7 days, my colleague had the same about three weeks ago, you need to get your "fixer" to sort it out

G