Help with contract question please

You signed it by entering the country under thay sponsor .

Best advice i can give u is that u try and get ur sponsor on side with u and let u leave . Even though most companies have a 3 month trial basis .

So you are saying the court would uphold a contract that I never agreed to even though I came under this sponsor?  The only document I signed was an offer letter and I thought that was the terms I was agreeing to.  I spoke to several other people after posting this and they said they have no legal grounds for anything since I didn't sign the contract.  Perhaps I should speak to a lawyer... And what do you mean by the trial basis?  As in they are entitled to the 3 months or the contract can be voided in 3 months?  Obviously I won't bring this up with my current employer. I'm trying to leave...

You still have your right to change to new employer. You can check with Ministry Of Labor because if he not allowing you to go to what you like he's doing something against the law.

I'm more concerned with how much they will try to make me pay in penalties.  I am trying to find out how legal it is for them to try to uphold an agreement that I didn't sign and terms I only just found out about. I am also on a business/work visit visa.  I don't think they can prevent me from changing my employer?

gossamerwillow wrote:

I'm more concerned with how much they will try to make me pay in penalties.  I am trying to find out how legal it is for them to try to uphold an agreement that I didn't sign and terms I only just found out about. I am also on a business/work visit visa.  I don't think they can prevent me from changing my employer?

If u r on business work visit visa u r not resident thats why they didnt give u contract.

If u hv ur passport with u n return ticket just take ur flight n go back or wait for ur visa expiry date

Ask ur new employer to proceed to ur visa on which u can come back.

They did give a contract to everyone, but I didn't sign it because I didn't notice it was a contract.  I want to know if I can still be held to the terms of the contract.  My new employer will be sending me to Bahrain, not back to my country.  I am afraid the company will try to make me pay a lot of I leave early and also if there is a judgement against me I wouldn't be able to leave the country then...

Are you on a work visa or business visa or visit visa ?

If you are on a work visa, that means you will have an icama. That means you have to comply with saudi labor law.
You have to follow the contract with your employer.
How did they make a visa without an employment offer ?

At the end of the day,
the employer can choose to give you release
the employer can choose to put you on exit

so just try to work it out with your employer in the best way

I was on a work visit visa.  After consulting a lawyer, I found that I am under no obligation to abide by this contract since I am not supposed to work under this visa anyway.  I have already gone to Bahrain, sent and paid for by my new company, and had my old visa cancelled and a new one put in.  I have had no action taken by the old company.

There is no such thing as a work visit visa.

Option 1
There is a work visa, which means you get an icama, and become a permanent resident.
This gives you legal status to live and work in ksa

Option 2
There is a business visit visa, which means you are coming for a business meeting or consulting, you will not get an icama, you are not allowed to work, it is illegal to work and stay in ksa after your visa expiry date.

Option 3
There is a visit visa, means you come only purely to visit some friend or family, then you have to leave.

So it looks like you came on option #2.
Once you left KSA you can come back with any other company on any other visa

Interesting you say that option doesn’t exist because it was listed as the type of visa I was applying for in both of my visa applications... Work visit visa, not business visa. But, regardless, I think they’re the same thing.

Its good that your issue has been sort out, i would say that you are really lucky i guess.

@GuestPoster6475

What if I finished my contract with the company and want to quit working under the company

@Bintpeter Mudyadya

Hello and welcome !

Please note that this is an old thread and that this poster is no longer on the website.

If you have any questions, please open a new thread on the Saudi Arabia forum.

Thank you

Bhavna

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