Congratulations!!

how long was the whole process? Was yours UK degree if you don’t mind me asking?

So - I issued all the documents by 9th July but agent did not apply until 21st July. So that makes it exactly 6 weeks. And yes UK degree.

this is good news, Thank you!

how long did it took you to receive the paperwork from employer in Saudi Arabia, my potential employer is a private company so need to get authorisation from Chamber of Commerce also. It was mentioned in this forum that it is taking approx 3 months to receive the paperwork from Saudi. Keen to understand your experience.

I got my contract mid-May, and then received all the subsequent paperwork by 9th July (delays due to Eid/Hajj holidays). After which the SACB saga started. Will speak to the agent next week to figure out if any further pitfalls to be expected

Thank you,

so roughly from signing of contract to the visa approx 22-24 weeks.

8 weeks for Saudi Documents
10-12 weeks for SACB attestation
3-4 weeks for visa process

Yep - this timeline allows plenty of things to get delayed in between. I was under the impression it’ll all be done in 2-3 months but that’s definitely hasn’t been the case.

Congratulation! Did you get your attested degree directly from SACB? Or did they send it to your agent?

Since I have been chasing them, too, they had my email address. So they sent an email to the agent and copied me into the email.

Hello everyone, update from me!

TLDR; For visa medical, make sure your doctor is registered with the Foreign Office

I chose to get my medicals done in my home city. My visa medicals were rejected by the Foreign Office due to the doctors from my clinic not being on the approved FCO list.

My visa agent failed to inform me of this when I was booking my medicals so please do make sure your chosen doctor is approved by FCO before going ahead.

I now have to pay an additional fee to get my medicals signed by a solicitor and then resubmitted to the FCO for stamping.

Hope everyone’s visa application journey is going well.

If you have worked in KSA before, and your degree has been attested for your iqama 10 years ago, will that attestation still be valid? Do you get the same iqama number or a new one?

I am pleased to inform you that I received my attested documents from the Saudi Embassy today, 11th September 2024.

Timeline:

• Initial submission: 12th August 2024
• Reminder email: 31st August 2024
• Documents received: 11th September 2024

Attached documents sent to Saudi Bureau Culture

1. Consent Letter
2. Valid British Passport
3. Request for the Authentication of the Certificate from the Company
4. LLM Degree
5. Contract Copy from the Employer (signed and stamped)

Congratulations! Did you send it through an agent? Or yourself?

Hi Guys,

Interestingly got an updated for attest which was the following message.

Dear Applicant,

We hope this email find you well,

Certificate attestation for non- Saudi applicants now is only available via the MOE new service at the following link: www.mosadaqa.sa

Kind regards

Good to hear - the link that was down redirects to Mosadaqa. It seems they decided to redirect people to an already running service instead of fixing the old system.

Mosadaqa historically could not be used for the UK. Looks like they’ve added it to the list now, which is great for the next folks that apply.

https://www.mosadaqa.sa/Home/Support


I’ve also been granted my work visa today. Happy days, hope you are all progressing in the right direction.