Originally Posted by Claud123

Hi All I was made an offer by Neom after interview as an X amount after back ground check has been cleared. They've then provide me via on boarding team the Employment contract (Riyadh Chamber) attested at a Y lower amount per month ...the contract is for visa application, I've issued an email back to the HR Manager waiting for answer.
Has anybody faced this with the onboarding process?

Originally Posted by Evilbungle

This matches with my experience as well, Thankfully I didn't resign when they asked me to as otherwise I would be out of work in a couple of weeks or so, I was offered the role about 8 weeks ago but found out that I couldn't get my degree attested as it is from the OU which is not accepted in Saudi, I asked Neom for a Degree Exemption letter which came in English about a week later, The visa Agency asked for an Arabic version which I asked Neom for and that came back about 3 weeks after that. I sent the Arabic translation to the Agency only to be told that it was the degree attestation letter, not the exemption letter. I then requested the Degree Exemption letter again in Arabic and was told (by another onboarder) that it would come that week but the next week they told me that my regular onboarder was back and would handle it. I then recieved all the other documents I needed along with a note asking how I was getting on with my Degree Attestation. I explained again that I was just waiting on the Degree Exemption letter in Arabic and they said it was requested and they will send it through when it arrives - That was last week.

As you pointed out they are seriously busy but there definitely seems to be a lot of issues with the process but it has now been over a month since I recieved the degree exemption letter in English and the Arabic version is the last thing I need for my Visa.

Also half way through this process they sent me a message saying that my role was now an agency roll and as such I would not qualify for relocation or accomodation - after several messages backwards and forward and reaching back out to the employment agency that first contacted me I was told the original email was sent in error - I think the fact a simple miss sent email took so long to resolve shows just how busy they must be, I don't know how big the team are but I definitely feel like they need more support to make it go smoothly.

Originally Posted by thorshammer

I connected with a few folks working at Neom on LinkedIn, and they were all hired by recruiters/head hunters. Does anyone have a contact you can DM who's recruiting for Neom's land mobility team?

Originally Posted by PaulF1981

Anyone have any experience going to Badr in Dubai to get their degree attested? Is the process quick? I plan to get this done sometime next week.

Originally Posted by Gulf_European

You mentioned in March that you were interviewing with the mobility team. Did that not happen or did you not hear back from them?
If you got an interview already, recruiters probably wont help you much as they can only present your CV to HR and the team.

Originally Posted by PaulF1981

Thanks a lot for this information, very helpful. My MOFA attestation is 2.5 years old so hoping he will accept it. If not I'll do the journey twice, seems like a pleasant guy.

Originally Posted by PaulF1981

Hi,
From the stories I heard about degree attestation it may be quicker as you suggest, to get the degree attested in Dubai and then visit Badr to get same day attestation. It took about a week to receive my attested in UAE, I used a service in Abu Dhabi when I joined my current employer almost 3 years ago. My Neom background check cleared last week, now I have to get my degree attested (plan to do it today or tomorrow) but then I have to wait for Neom HR to send me an attested contract so I can then visit VFS and send everything back to Neom, along with my medical test. HR onboarding told me to hold off on medical for now, and wait until VFS tells you which facility to visit. I have tentative start date at Neom end of September so I'm hoping all this happens soon. I know next week is a holiday so not expecting anything to get until after EID.