re: NEOM COMMUNITY THREAD
 

there is only one bus from Oxagon to NC1 at 6:35am and from NC1 back to Oxagon at 5:30pm

re: NEOM COMMUNITY THREAD
 

Is there anyone working in Finance department willing to have a 1-1 or chat via DM?

re: NEOM COMMUNITY THREAD
 

What do they mean by Pay type? Payment method? And if my current bank isn’t there I need to open a bank that is located there ?

re: NEOM COMMUNITY THREAD
 

Is there a thread for ‘wives, partners, etc…’

My wife will be joining me in Neom and she is asking if there is a thread in this forum to ask questions, get feedback, etc.. she is a little nervous, so wants to connect. Rightly so :-)

Thanks.

re: NEOM COMMUNITY THREAD
 

No but she'd be very welcome to start one. :)

re: NEOM COMMUNITY THREAD
 

Great idea!

I’ll get on it…well, my wife will :-)

thanks.

re: NEOM COMMUNITY THREAD
 

Hi, I was told that I would be going out on a business visa and an initial 6 month contract as the approved headcount had been exceeded and it would save delay in waiting for next financial period approvals. I was told his is not uncommon and that I would transfer onto a work visa after arrival and contract amended accordingly.

I am just waiting for visa to be issued now.

re: NEOM COMMUNITY THREAD
 

the reason they mentioned it to me because they want me to get there asap. But I heard to go from busisness to work visa I would have to go back to home country to do it.

re: NEOM COMMUNITY THREAD
 

I am not sure about needing to return to home country but I do know you need to exit and re enter country after 3 months.
Also, they advised that under business visa with no Iqama you can’t open a local bank account so salary would need to be paid into your overseas account.

re: NEOM COMMUNITY THREAD
 

Hi. I'm on a BVV now. It is good for a year and you do have to exit and re-enter the country at least every 90 days. That said, a trip up to Aqaba or taking the flight to Dammam and heading to Bahrain is pretty easy and not a bad thing to do regularly any way.

As for getting your work visa, you have to lodge from a country where you have legal residence (KSA won't count). So it doesn't necessarily have to be the country of your passport, but you do have to be able to show residence. Just because you have a BVV will not abridge your work visa process. You will still need to get your degrees verified, do medical, get criminal background and everything else that is on the list -- this includes getting verified Neom Contract, Neom POA, etc from government affairs.
Finally, when you leave KSA to get your work visa, you will have to cancel you BVV. You will need to get a document from Neom to do this.
This is all do-able, but does take a bit of planning and good communication with your visa agent.

Finally, I'd check with your onboarder if the company will pay for your flight to lodge your work visa or if you will have to go back at your own expense.

re: NEOM COMMUNITY THREAD
 

Great to hear your feedback, thanks.

re: NEOM COMMUNITY THREAD
 

@siselarabia on Insta has a lot of Neom content.

Re: Moving to NEOM
 

Evening Tom

Did you end up in NC3? If so, what’s it like? Anything to advise of?

I’m heading there myself on Sunday.

Cheers
Andrew

Re: Moving to NEOM
 

Tabuk does not have a camp. They started putting new joiners into hotels in Tabuk, Duba or Al Bada, because there is not enough housing in NC2 or NC1. Not sure what NC3 is, but this is probably one of the labor camps for non-Neom employees. That said, the torture of staying in Tabuk/Duba/Al Bada is generally temporary and people eventually get moved to NC2 or NC1, once new units become available.

re: NEOM COMMUNITY THREAD
 

I recently got my offer letter, and I sent over my paper work for degree attestation prior to having my onboarding call. My line manager and HR told me they would like to get me out by beginning of March. From prior experience is that possible? I know the degree attestation might take 4-6 weeks. How about the visa is that much faster?