Working visa

Guess it's a little late in the day to give you this advice :

Never ever resign from your current job until and unless your appointment order is signed and sealed with the next.

Before you do that get the Offer Letter first from your prospective employer, read through all terms and conditions in detail and clarify any doubts before signing the acceptance of your appointment letter.

As things stand now, your options are unfortunately limited. You have nothing more to do but to wait until your new employer manages to get the required Labour Clearance from the Ministry of Manpower.

How long it would take is anybody's guess, as it varies from company to company and from case to case.

Do you have a Plan B ?

What are the chances of your rejoining your old company ? Any doors open there for you ? If yes, then better to give it a knock.

Mr. Sumitran!
I have a word to add here. How is it possible to get a visa without cancelling the current visa. One must have to resign from his/her current employer in order to cancel the visa so that the new employer can apply for the same.

Now, to me, signing a contract with an employer for a job just fulfils a formality. You must have to rely on the employer for getting the visa clearance etc. along with all the documentations which is only possible when you exit the country. Correct me if I'm wrong. However, getting a fresh job offer when you're in your own country is a different case where you have options open all along.

Anyhow, in this specific case, this guy can do nothing else than wait for the visa. Understand that now a days, the visa clearance for various nationalities (Specially Asians) is one considerable task.

schaz wrote:

Mr. Sumitran!
I have a word to add here. How is it possible to get a visa without cancelling the current visa. One must have to resign from his/her current employer in order to cancel the visa so that the new employer can apply for the same.

Now, to me, signing a contract with an employer for a job just fulfils a formality. You must have to rely on the employer for getting the visa clearance etc. along with all the documentations which is only possible when you exit the country. Correct me if I'm wrong. However, getting a fresh job offer when you're in your own country is a different case where you have options open all along.

Anyhow, in this specific case, this guy can do nothing else than wait for the visa. Understand that now a days, the visa clearance for various nationalities (Specially Asians) is one considerable task.

Mr.schaz,

Some companies do provide what is known as the 'release' - in some select cases. But this is few and far between.

When an employee is lucky enough to get a 'release' then he / she can change their employment visa / sponsor, without stepping out of the Sultanate.

Once a prospective employee signs a proper employment contract, it is assumed that the employer will do all the required paperwork and the other needful to obtain the required permissions and employment visa.

Without any official employment contract in hand, to resign from a present job, plus exit the country, and wait for the new company to provide an employment visa is indeed a very risky proposition, simply because there is no guarantee that the company would honour its commitment.

Therefore the onus is on the employee to make sure that there is a certainty on the part of the new employer in making sure that the visa will be provided and provided within a reasonable amount of time.

Without any commitment coming from the employer's part, the risk falls squarely and totally on the employee's shoulders, as is the case with Jhoanne22.

Agree with that!
On a conclusive note, the "release" is the only option for being secured, however one should have to be on the new employer shoulder, even if he gets the signed employment contract too.

Best of luck Jhoane bro!