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mariaarima

hi there,i'm maria from Malaysia..
i had an offer to work in armed forces hospital khamis mushait and currently waiting for my work visa approval.
it has been 10 month since and still no news of my work visa.
has anyone face the same problem and what can i do to settle this matter?
thank you in advance.

mariaarima

Yes,i have contacted my agency but their answer was the visa ia a bit late,and we have to be patient ect..
What really bothers me is other candidate from other hospital get their visa ,and they didn't even wait for more than 3 month..

mariaarima

And its not about me alone,theres 19 of us waiting..

saudishake

Hi Maria,
Still your passport with that agent?
Better you go directly your office and ask them to show any message/email from Saudi regarding to your visa/waiting. If they are failed to show such proof, beware that you are going to foolish again. 10 month is long time to hire candidates, this is a signal for drop of the shortlisting.
i am from india, in my experience 6 month older interview process visa arrival is very rare.
Hope for your best.

mariaarima

Will do..thank u

SA HUSSAIN

I wouldn't wait for more than three months. How can one wait for so long? these Saudis are having problems related to saudization where the govt is not encouraging foreign workers because they have massive local unemployment.

mariaarima

Hi..yes..i know about the saudization issue,but what makes me confuse is,why other hospital candidates are not having such problem?my collegue just got her visa last month n went to saudi already..it is so frustrating facing this issue..plus they don't even recieve any answer from the hospital..😥

SA HUSSAIN

I would suggest that you should send them an offer rejection threat . If they accept your rejection it means they don't want you. That's the best way to deal with such delays in procedures
Staying ten months on a waiting list  is never acceptable!

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