Covid 19
#166
Forum Regular
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 278
Re: Covid 19
#167
Re: Covid 19
If it's going to be an issue for you with your company, I would postpone. Expect UK to be banned within a week if it follows the same patterns as France and Germany which it seems to be. Then banned flights won't be your only problem. You'll also have to spend 14 days somewhere else that is corona free before entry into Saudi .
Personally I cancelled. I was flying tomorrow and due back at the end of March. Couldn't take the risk. Working from home is not an option as I need to be there all the time. And I didn't want to have to use an extra 2 weeks of my vacation somewhere else at the end of the original vacation.
Personally I cancelled. I was flying tomorrow and due back at the end of March. Couldn't take the risk. Working from home is not an option as I need to be there all the time. And I didn't want to have to use an extra 2 weeks of my vacation somewhere else at the end of the original vacation.
#168
Re: Covid 19
KSA ban is now all of EU. UK just escapes...for now.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1640286/saudi-arabia
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1640286/saudi-arabia
UK hardly the worst but not exactly free of risk either. More cases per head of population than a lot of places.
#174
#177
Forum Regular
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 278
Re: Covid 19
Just announced on BBC - no more flights into or out of Saudi for the next fortnight "except in exceptional circumstances"...time to hunker down!
https://www.arabianbusiness.com/trav...ts-from-sunday
https://www.arabianbusiness.com/trav...ts-from-sunday
Last edited by FriendlyExpat; Mar 14th 2020 at 11:30 am.
#179
Re: Covid 19
Expect an upcoming 1-2 month visa amnesty once all government staff are told to work from home and people can't renew their residency or domestic staff visas. That, or the system is finally completely automated so it can be done online.