Hello,
My Iqama is expiring after 8 months, however i need to send my wife back home in reentry visa with 1 year validity due to her pregnancy. I am told by my admin that i cannot get 1 year valid visa now since iqama will expire in 8 months time and they can't also renew iqama now since it is beyond 6 months to expiry. Appreciate if someone could provide solution to this issue.
Regards
Sahir
Re-entry visa with 1 year validity
sahirbasha
14 March 2016 10:45:26
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TheLegendLeads
14 March 2016 11:10:19
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Your admin is right. You can't renew the iqama now (as its validity is more than 3 months). And exit re-entry can't be issued beyond the iqama expiry date.
sahirbasha
15 March 2016 06:48:58
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Thanks @TheLegendLeads -
Looks like i have to send them in 6 months visa for now, but do you know how long can my family stay away from KSA after the expiry of 6 months visa? i assume the iqamas will be renewed during her visa duration and therefore should be valid until next 18 month or so..
TheLegendLeads
15 March 2016 10:37:24
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The day their exit re-entry visas expire, they get ineligible to come back to KSA. So, I advise to make the days calculations carefully.
There is an option on MOI website to extend exit re-entry till the expiry date. But, I don't know anyone (yet) who has used that option and got an extension. The bottleneck is again the same: they have to be back before the iqama expires.
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