Originally Posted by WaitingForGodot

Hi Millhouse,

Many thanks, truly, for both your additional clarification of scot47’s suggestion, as well as your thoughts on the best course of action.

I must admit, I had (pretty much) arrived at the same conclusion myself, but always helps to hear it echoed from others when weighing up difficult decisions...

Just leaves me mulling over: ‘full disclosure with my prospective employer vs. hit and hope with the Embassy’ now I guess?!

Cheers.

Originally Posted by Millhouse

If I were you, it seems that the risks to the downside (i.e. you don't get a visa) are well known, capped and easily priced (i.e 700 quid). The upside is significantly higher. I'd take my chance... but hey, I like to gamble.

Originally Posted by weasel decentral

Don't disclose it to the employer now, there's no upside to that. If you tell them there's only a yes or no but the final decision is still with the visa people. So their answer is irrelevant.

Originally Posted by WaitingForGodot

Thanks for that astute assessment weasel decentral, it certainly makes a strong (and hard to refute) case for that course of action frankly.

I was pondering possible disclosure to the employer on 2 counts, the age old: ‘honesty is the best policy,’ and I’ve also read a fair amount of comments saying that if the employer/Saudi sponsor has any significant ‘wasta’ (influence) and may intervene, the likelihood of a positive outcome is substantially upped (although my Visa Agent doesn’t seem to think so).

Definitely a puzzler...never thought my one and only farcical scrape with the ‘long arm of the law’ in my terrible teens would wreak such havoc knocking on 20 years after the fact!

Originally Posted by Millhouse

don’t rely on watsa unless it is you that has it. These guys will only cash those cheques for themselves.

Originally Posted by Millhouse

don’t rely on watsa unless it is you that has it. These guys will only cash those cheques for themselves.

Originally Posted by weasel decentral

Exactly this, unless you are a very senior person or you have some other connection outside the employment opportunity nobody will go to bat for you on those grounds.

Originally Posted by WaitingForGodot

Hi All,

I was hoping and wondering if anybody, or preferably multiple people if possible, could provide any recent experience/s of being either ‘approved’ or ‘rejected’ for a KSA/Saudi Arabia Work Visa with an ACRO Certificate reading: No Live Trace?

I have seen quite a lot of discussion about this on forums from 3-4, or more, years ago, but not really any confirmation from anybody, either positive or negative, regarding if their visas were ultimately approved.

It appears I have 1 single: ‘Reprimand’ given when I was a juvenile/youth, approximately 17 years ago in 2004. Given the circumstances, trying to weigh up if it’s worth, or even if there is any point, in taking the £700+ gamble in going for the visa?

Would anybody be able to share their similar experiences either way, either ‘yay’ or ‘nay,’ to help me weigh it up?

Many thanks and very much appreciated to anyone that can comment and/or help!

Originally Posted by N0MAD

Hi "Waiting For Godot",
A year on from you, I find myself in a similar situation... I've seen the threads from several years ago, but they are 'closed' and I can't work out how to contact the posters to see how they got on... how did it work out for you, did you apply for the visa? Was the "No Live Trace" an issue? TIA