Degree Attestation From Saudi Embassy - Requirement of Letter from Emp
Or I can send some one to go to Karachi office in person and submit
So i will take Letter from employer, get it attested from chamber in KSA and send it to my relative in Karachi and he can get degrree attested from there?
I am a british citizen but all my studies have been done in pakistan. I have recently been offered a position in Riyadh. I have already sent my documents to karachi to get it attested by Hec (through one of my friend, I have already completed all the onine form etc on hec website). My question is after attesting from Hec do i need to get it attested by anywhere else? Because my visa will be stamped from london embassy of saudi arabia. Do i need to get it attested from somewhere else as well in pak or just ask my friend to send the attested documents back to me in UK.
Can someone please help me?
Dear, I would say get their attestation done from the foreign office and then from Saudi Cultural office and Saudi Embassy also. Since you are stamping your visa from Saudi Embassy in the UK, so they may not be able to attest the Pakistani education documents. So it would be better to get all things done related to attestation from Pakistan (HEC ---> Foreign Office ---> Saudi Cultural Office ---> Saudi Embassy).
Saudi Embassy attestation may not be required but still you may confirm it from the Saudi Embassy in the UK.
Regards
I think they might get me started after ramadan now since it's only 25 days (approx) left to start ramadan and they will hardly do anything while fasting.
What do you think guys and please pray for me that i will get all the documentation INSHAALLAH within this week. Aameen
Thanks
You should have the same name on all your documents as your passport.
Good Luck.
Thanks
Today I got scanned copy of my contract signed by MOFA and chamber of commerce.
Forwarded that to my contact in Karachi to complete the attestation process by Saudi culture and embassy Karachi but I have been told that I need to get my company to send the following documents directly to Saudi culture attaché and embassy.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FROM YOUR EMPLOYER IN (KSA) WHO GIVE YOU OFFER TO WORK IN (KSA)
1. Original Agreement Letter = duly attested by the MOFA & CHAMBER OF COMMERCE in KSa & sign & stamp by the employer also (copy attention to Saudi culture attaché and embassy)
2. Original Request Letters for the culture & embassy separately, duly attested by the chamber in KSA & sign & stamp by the employer also.(copy attention to Saudi culture attaché and embassy)
I emailed over to my HR now and spoke to the guy who sent the documents to me over the phone and all he said he will check the email and reply back.
I don't know how long this process would take from Karachi it's all up to company ad embassy now. My degrees are from Pakistan.
My agent in uk said to me that it will take only 2 weeks to complete medical and everything else to get the visa stamp on my passport.
It was mentiond in the post I guess, to send the documents from your HR to the Saudi culture directly and on safe side you cn send the copies to your contact in Pakistan.
This is the process.
Ask someone to check from HEC if your degree is online or not otherwise after a week time Saudi Culture will return your degrees saying that it is not online from HEC.
If all goes well it will take at least a week from Saudi Culture and a day from Saudi Embassy and the rest is all surface mail time.
I am just worrying that whether my HR would co-operate with this stupid process or not?
For HR in KSA it is normal they will send Offer Letter, Request to Saudi Culture and Embassy , Your company stamped passport/ID through any surface mail at your cost.
Make sure the address is correct for Saudi Culture where you want them to send the documents.
BTW its not stupid...This is process to make sure they are not hiring a fake degree holder. Otherwise so many guys like us have lost so much money to fake agents and job offers.
With regards to HR they ain't said anything to me even though I have emailed and phone them.
So don't know what do they want
I meant to say I don't know what they wanna do
I understand the degree verification process what I didn't get is that why they want company to send the request to them while they would have been provided with signed and attested contract letter by MOFA and chamber of commerce, wakala copy for visa process.
If your HR doesn't know, you have to advise them what to do. This is normal process.
Ok I will get it checked by HEC
My question is once I am in KSA انشأالله تعالٰى
How easy is to go out of country to spend weekends with family etc?
You should have multiple exit reentry visa; with this you can travel as & when you like.
However, it all depends on your company, job requirement as well.
Will see what kind of visa they have issued for me. But ALHAMDULILLAH i am happy that finally my degrees have been handed over today in karachi to get the verification process started (Saudi culture and embassy). It's a nightmare to get the requirements done from saudi company HR.
Now i pray to my ALMIGHTY ALLAH that now May i will get my visa stamp on my passport from UK with an ease and ASAP.
Hope everyone will be fine. Thought to share an update with people here. I am finally going for my medical here at London Inshaallah on Monday. The agent is suggesting that it will now take maximum of 7-8 working day to get the visa stamped.
Please pray for me that everything will be running smoothly for me.
I reckon i will be joining my employer by 2nd week of December INSHAALLAH.
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