Iqama medical in Saudi

@Chubskin good morning.

Unfortunatly, MOH only accept "quick test" with reactive results to antibody.

I've explain them my situation which is similar to your and I couldn't get my Iqama.

I just had to return back and forget my Saudia project.

@Olivier What company are you? Did your employer helped you on your situation?

@Olivier33000 What company are you? Did your employer helped you on your situation?

From which county you have stamped your visa??? Have you done your medical test in Saudia as well or not yet??

@Muhammad Imran89 Im from the philippines. I already have my visa. This coming saturday is my flight and possible my medical for iqama. Is it possible if I show them my negative hcv rna test result from our national health department which is equivalent to MOH in ksa?

Your home country results do not matter beyond work visa stamping.  Only the in-country results in KSA matter for Iqama.

They will do antibody test in KSA, not RNA.

@XTang I already talked to my HR in ksa jeddah and told me that as long as Im fit to work and have medical certificate from our national government they will process me

@XTang so if my antibody test will come out positive, what will they do? Will they recommend me to have a hcv rna test to confirm?

Look, your HR is saying "if you are FIT to work". The problem is that they don't decide the definition of FIT. Only MOH decides that.  You probably confused them with antibody and RNA after which they didn't know how to answer - I find most HR people here clueless about these things. They can answer straight questions i.e. I have hepatitis and will I get a visa? no.....but if you tell them, you know what.........I have Hep but this test is positive but viral load is zero.........then you will get the same answer as you got.  And that means nothing.

In terms of probability, there is a very high chance that you will not be assessed as FIT and not get the Iqama. But try your luck.  As I said before, there are many people on these forums, in fact, within this thread, post #2 itself...........who were in similar situation to you and MOH did not pass them. They only rely on antibody test.

Anyway post back with your experience so that it may help other people who have doubts.

@Chubskin Medical is necessary for iqama? As i have passed the Gamca test And its fit but in some case my Anti HCV shows borderline in report does they give iqama on this report or will deport me?

@Uzair Khalid76

any update for your Iqama

please share that will be guidance for many

@Chubskin

any update about your Iqama

that will be guidance for many

Here's an update on my Iqama.

I got my Iqama. When I got to the clinic for my Iqama medical they didn't test me for Anti-HcV because they told me that it is not a necessary test for my industry that I am working in and if it ever comes out positive they will test you for pcr confirmatory. Same with company medical, they did pcr test not antigen test. So yeah everyone with the same situation as me, Dont worry about it. Arabs aren't stupid not to test you for an rna test they have to confirm it. All my test from Iqama and company medical came out negative for the hcv thats why I got my Iqama.

Also, Don't listen to @xtang he doesn't know anything about this kind of case.

They also accepted my rna test result back in my home country as it is from our national health department my country  and ksa have rules and regulations for it.

Here's an update on my Iqama.
I got my Iqama. When I got to the clinic for my Iqama medical they didn't test me for Anti-HcV because they told me that it is not a necessary test for my industry that I am working in and if it ever comes out positive they will test you for pcr confirmatory. Same with company medical, they did pcr test not antigen test. So yeah everyone with the same situation as me, Dont worry about it. Arabs aren't stupid not to test you for an rna test they have to confirm it. All my test from Iqama and company medical came out negative for the hcv thats why I got my Iqama.






Also, Don't listen to @xtang he doesn't know anything about this kind of case.
-@Chubskin

You are contradicting yourself.  You are saying that your tests are negative for HCV.   The previous poster ie #2, had a positive result, which is why he was denied an iqama. Iqama medical has an HCV test for a large number of industries. You were lucky. And if you read my last response, I told you to try your luck.  There are many people who have posted their experience where they weren't lucky.   So this outcome doesn't mean that things have changed but rather that you fall within a narrow range where its possible for you to get through.

@XTang Because they(those who didn't get iqama) didn't inform them well(the clinic) You just have to inform them well for them to know that they need to test you for NAT/PCR test. My results for anti hcv are positive and I showed them my rna result and they accepted it. What your trying to tell everyone here is that MOH only relies on anti hcv test, like I said MOH is not stupid not to do a confirmatory test if you really have it. And also there are clinics here that test you directly for pcr not anitigen test.

There are clinics that test via pcr for sure. The test is available everywhere in the world.

What I am simply saying is that there are other people (search threads) that had hcv, could not get moh to do pcr and were deported. This is all within last few months - that is their experience not mine.  And as I told them, it was still salvageable if they had their company engage with Mohre to try the Pcr route via connections. But they couldn't.

Your case is the exception not the norm.

@Chubskin

Hello

I disagree with you not to listen to Xtang

I am facing this issue with my company since a month now.

My company asked an agent to process my tests in UAE where I was working , I did the tests and claimed my case as a carrier of HBs Ag

The Seha occupational Health Center asked for a 3rd party tests , I did all Radiology. Blood tests etc .

& the report says I am just a carrier in great health and fit to work .

I came on work visa with confidence esp. that I informed my company in KSA & they have copy of all the tests & was insisting not to resign from my job in uae untill the visa is confirmed.

Work Visa was issued by Saudi Embassy & I arrived to do the local test.

My company after 3 weeks of work terminated me without even discussing the test results with me.

They pressured me to deport immediately & when I objected since I have prior fittness report , they ignored their responsibility & only depend on the local test.

They also refused to show me the local final statement of fitness.

The surprising issue is that I found out that they issued an iqama/id for 3 months & a final exit visa

I tried by all means to understand how an Iqama is issued if I didnt get a fitness report with no response.

Also contacted MOHealth & it showed that my result was not sent on the system & not forwarded to Jawazat .

4 weeks in struggle with different government parties and every party is giving different info.

Unfortunately, my company is so strong that I am about to surrender & will leave not understanding still if I am entiteled to work with another company or not.

This Iqama i have they claimed its a computer generated one for the purpose of Final exit Visa

In case anyone has an idea or explanation please support me to know if I am allowed to shift to another sponsor

Sorry to hear about what is happening to you.   And this is exactly what I have been saying to @chubskin but he didn't seem to want to listen.   Because he has a negative result, he thinks it doesn't work this way lol.

In your case, the problem is that they have already issued a final exit visa.  With issuance of a final exit, you cannot transfer to another employer.    You won't ever get the correct story from any government department - this is Saudi.   What I suspect is happening is that you were marked as UNFIT, your company was told to deport you (and if they don't then their CR gets blocked for violations) and that is why they are going at it so strongly.   If this is the case then even if the employer cancels final exit and allows transfer, it won't go through due to the UNFIT.

@Chubskin

Kindly guide me I have same issue .

@Chubskin

Yeah mostly clinic PCR test

@Chubskin

can you update - what was end result ? did you pass your iqama medical ?

@Chubskin

what was end result ? did you passes your iqama medical test?

Any idea - for iqama by which method they are doing Anti-Hcv test ?

@shoebs35

i live in riyadh saudi arabia