KSA Bank Account

Once you get your residence your employer must pay you in a local bank account. It is madatory by law. I recommend riyad bank and NCB for their online services and remittances. Remittance to UK usually takes a day or 2 max.

live.ali wrote:

Once you get your residence your employer must pay you in a local bank account. It is madatory by law. I recommend riyad bank and NCB for their online services and remittances. Remittance to UK usually takes a day or 2 max.

Thanks for the advice.

It's not necessary for your employer to pay locally. You can Divide the portion of your salary as per your requirement say 20% locally and 80% overseas bank account. It's always advisable to have local bank account to cater for your needs here in the kningdom.
I would highly recommend SAAB and SAMBA bank for western expats !!

saimans wrote:

It's not necessary for your employer to pay locally. You can Divide the portion of your salary as per your requirement say 20% locally and 80% overseas bank account. It's always advisable to have local bank account to cater for your needs here in the kningdom.
I would highly recommend SAAB and SAMBA bank for western expats !!

Thanks for the advice.

Once you arrive here, and have all your papers processed (Iqama etc), you can ask your colleagues at work as well, which banks they use and prefer, but definitely have a local bank account...sometimes your UK bank might charge for international transactions, you may need a replacement card, or any unforeseen circumstances, better safe than sorry

alpha.one wrote:

Once you arrive here, and have all your papers processed (Iqama etc), you can ask your colleagues at work as well, which banks they use and prefer, but definitely have a local bank account...sometimes your UK bank might charge for international transactions, you may need a replacement card, or any unforeseen circumstances, better safe than sorry

Thanks for the advice.

Susan Peterson wrote:

alpha.one wrote:

Once you arrive here, and have all your papers processed (Iqama etc), you can ask your colleagues at work as well, which banks they use and prefer, but definitely have a local bank account...sometimes your UK bank might charge for international transactions, you may need a replacement card, or any unforeseen circumstances, better safe than sorry

Thanks for the advice.

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