Saudi Final Exit
 

If I dont cancel my phone service, will I be stopped at the airport?

also,

Can I travel to any country or do I have to return to origin?

Re: Saudi Final Exit
 

1. You will not be stopped

2. You can were you choose

Re: Saudi Final Exit
 

Are you sure of this? I heard that having an outstanding bill can be a problem when leaving on Final Exit. I certainly closed my STC account rather than risk the hassle but maybe things have changed?

Re: Saudi Final Exit
 

We left on final exit about a month ago with operational STC mobile SIM cards and no problems - but they are prepaid not future billed.

Re: Saudi Final Exit
 

The best combination of three words in the English language.

Re: Saudi Final Exit
 

If the phone contract is on your name, then there is a possibility that you will be stopped at the airport. I have heard stories about expats stopped at the airport because they did not pay traffic penalty or their gaz/electricity bills.

With your final exit, you can travel to any country (assuming you hold the necessary visa for that country), it is not specific for your home country.

Re: Saudi Final Exit
 

Traffic fines I have heard of. That is on the Jawaazat Database (ie Min of Int) I cannot see the others leading to an exit refusal.

Re: Saudi Final Exit
 

Ok, just to update you on what happened as a definitive answer.

I had a postpaid service with Mobily and went through on final exit no problem. Phone is still working now.

Also, I travelled directly to Doha.

Saudi Final Exit - Done and never will I return back.

Re: Saudi Final Exit
 

KSA can be okay if you choose your Masters carefully. I was on the teaching faculty at KFUPM in Dhgahran and enjoyed my 9 years there - 2 of which were in the boonies up at HBCC (Hafr Al Batin).

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I left UAE owing 250 dirhams to Etisalat----It felt goooood....

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Got to admit that when I left last year I was taking no chances and made sure everything was paid off, as you never know.

Had taken the family on a short break to Malaysia about a month before final exit and they were not going to let my daughter back in as they said she did not have a visa, despite it being in her passport and we had only been gone 7 days. Turns out that despite the evidence staring them in the face the computer said otherwise.