expatalex

Working with them right now. They're absolutely lovely. They're a small team working on A LOT of visa applications however they still respond quickly amazingly enough. Believe my quote was for £670 which is an agreed fixed fee with NEOM. Mind you a large chunk of this fee makes allowance for the medical exam which I think costs £330?

M2ULR

Thank you for responding, and I agree they have been brilliant to deal with so far. That’s reasonable I wasn’t sure what kind of a bill to expect at the end.

Did your Acro Police certificate take 4 weeks? Im looking to fly out to NEOM on the 27th of Oct and I still need to do the medical and apply for the visa.

Thanks

expatalex

No problem. This forum has helped me loads and just want to return the favour! The ACRO has been the most annoying and long part of this whole process. Bit of background, ACRO had a massive cyber attack and a lot of sensitive personal information was leaked therefore they're severely backlogged and trying to regain data compliance... Regardless of that ironic hiccup... I submitted my application on 9th August and received my certificate on 8th September. They can take up to 4-6 weeks to complete.

Once you get your ACRO A1 will advise you to quickly receive your medical because the medical exam lasts for a max of 30 days therefore within the 30 day window your visa will be processed. A1 told me they can do the visa in 8 WDs. The medical exam result takes 2-3 WDs (had mine on Harley Street this past Thursday).

M2ULR

Same here, it’s been so helpful.

Ah interesting I had no idea, I guess I won’t get my hopes up about getting it earlier. It should be the end of this month hopefully.

yes I was hoping to get the medical arranged as soon as I receive my certificate.

Have you already handed your notice in? I’ve been apprehensive until I have the flight booked but I think that won’t leave me enough time to serve my notice period.

expatalex

Yeah it's a bit frustrating waiting because when you think of it it's actually a simple background check... Credence was able to do my background check pretty quickly... ACRO's hardest part seems to be just printing the form and having an officer check the results by way of quality control... But hey it's the UK, nothing is ever that simple...

Yes! You basically have to work backwards from your proposed start on site date and check your notice period. My company has been struggling so they were quite relaxed about letting me not serve the full notice period.

Kezza123

Thanks Diplo, this is a good starting point. How would you go about applying for roles? Is it directly via the companies portals or there are recruiters based in the UK who can help?

Kezza

christmasoompa

Get yourself on LinkedIn and make sure your profile is set to being open to work in the ME - if you have skills they need, then recruiters will be in touch. You can apply directly but most people have more success via LinkedIn.

Good luck.

ashtonvilla1

Hi all

Thank you everyone for the very helpful information.

I have an assessment/ case study tomorrow for a finance (FP&A) role and wanted to know if anyone has had the same and had any tips/ advice to help in my preparation?!

Thanks in advance 🤲

Any insights would be amazing! Thanks much