Change of Accountant Profession

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Dear Mr. Mohammad 12365, I also want to change my accountant profession please contact me at [email protected]

As per our GA, there is no other way to change your profession from Acctg to other profession. But if you have any solution kindly please share. thank you

How much it costs you?

did you change your profession or renewed your iqama

Yes, just go to SOCPA website and start registration, they need passport copy, iqama copy, copy of your Degree Certificate and copy of attestation from embassy and ministry of external affairs, most of the people last step is difficult so just take copy of your marksheet or same copy of degree certificate upload it system will accept,  then they will send the details to your university for verification it will take minimum 2 years meanwhile they will allocate a temporary registration number, later after verification passed you will get permanent registration number.

Yes, just go to SOCPA website and start registration, they need passport copy, iqama copy, copy of your Degree Certificate and copy of attestation from embassy and ministry of external affairs, most of the people last step is difficult so just take copy of your marksheet or same copy of degree certificate upload it system will accept,  then they will send the details to your university for verification it will take minimum 2 years meanwhile they will allocate a temporary registration number, later after verification passed you will get permanent registration number.

You cannot change your profession from out side , If you're working in the company you should ask your HR team to change your profession from Accountant to other profession which should be related to office desk job.
Example: Marketing specialist, consultant manager, Data entry , document Controller.
Note: The charges will be 1000 SAR/- to change the profession.

But  changing accountant  profession to other profession  is banned. If ban lifted  please  let us know.

did you change your profession

did you renew your iqama or did you change your profession

I want to change my accountant profession to other profession.

To clarify for everyone, as I keep seeing these repeated posts.

Profession change OUT of accounting into other professions is blocked in the system.   And even manually, they will turn you back.  The only options you have:

1) If Iqama is expiring, renew SOCPA.  SOCPA will not be renewed if you don't have qualifications.  If someone is telling you to do the registration with any document and it will work........remember that the initial registration is a temporary 1 year only.  After a year, your membership will be cancelled if you didn't show the right qualifications and you will be stuck
2) Go for final exit and come back on the right profession
3) Find an agent who can get it done.  Although I doubt that it can be done now this way as it is all electronic

The other point, from the comments, DON'T GO for marketing specialist profession.   The rumors' are that it is next in line for Saudization.  You can switch INTO it but switching OUT of it, has recently been blocked.

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hi brother,

Recently my scopa portal got invalid, they did not accept my certification so how do
I active my portal, I have been working 15 years as an accountant. so can I submit my experience
Letter for scopa to renew my iqama for time been . Please advice

ousmanwazir wrote:

hi brother,

Recently my scopa portal got invalid, they did not accept my certification so how do
I active my portal, I have been working 15 years as an accountant. so can I submit my experience
Letter for scopa to renew my iqama for time been . Please advice

Accounts department is only for Saudis now.
Even if you get the registration, your iqama will not be renewed.

Arsal7 wrote:

Accounts department is only for Saudis now.
Even if you get the registration, your iqama will not be renewed.

No.  There is a 30% Saudization requirement only.  If that is met (and SOCPA membership is valid) then there is no issue in renewing Iqamas.  My company meets this and we are renewing Iqamas without any problem.

XTang wrote:

Arsal7 wrote:

Accounts department is only for Saudis now.
Even if you get the registration, your iqama will not be renewed.

No.  There is a 30% Saudization requirement only.  If that is met (and SOCPA membership is valid) then there is no issue in renewing Iqamas.  My company meets this and we are renewing Iqamas without any problem.

That's a good news.
Thanks for sharing.

Hi, I just wanted to ask regarding change of occupation. My Situation is that,  recently got transferred to a new company with an executive secretary position.

my iqama profession was tours programmer, but when I join to my new company they changed it to executive secretary.

then, after a month, the government announce that secretary jobs will 100% saudinization. they provide a deadline until may 7,2022. to adhere.

now, my company is trying to change my occupation to a new one but they couldnt do it. even in online, I just wanted to know if there is really no choice for me but to go on exit? or is there any way that my profession can still be changed?

Thank you in advance for your reply.

blue19casubuan wrote:

Hi, I just wanted to ask regarding change of occupation. My Situation is that,  recently got transferred to a new company with an executive secretary position.

my iqama profession was tours programmer, but when I join to my new company they changed it to executive secretary.

then, after a month, the government announce that secretary jobs will 100% saudinization. they provide a deadline until may 7,2022. to adhere.

now, my company is trying to change my occupation to a new one but they couldnt do it. even in online, I just wanted to know if there is really no choice for me but to go on exit? or is there any way that my profession can still be changed?

Thank you in advance for your reply.

Profession change is blocked right now.
You can wait until the iqama expiry.
If it doesn't unblock till your iqama expiry then you have to leave and come back on a new visa.

Hi my SOCPA membership has canceled and my employer terminated me as per reason my iqama cannot renew. And he is not paying my dues. As per contract he has to pay me 2 months notice but he is not paying. Can I apply labor office. My iqama is expire and I am under other sponsor. Can any one suggest Me how can I get my dues.

Yes, I want to change my General Accountant profession. Please tell me more. Thanks

owaisiddiqui wrote:

Yes, I want to change my General Accountant profession. Please tell me more. Thanks

Change to which profession?

Suitable Marketing/Sales profession.

owaisiddiqui wrote:

Suitable Marketing/Sales profession.

If you have a degree/diploma (one year at least) then, no problem.
You will get it changed but it can take a little effort from your HR department.

Do you have any suggestions how it can be done? I will then ask HR dept to do it accordingly.

Secondly, I do not have Marketing/Sales degree but I am working as a Marketing executive. I recently completed Masters In Project Management (UK). What would be the best solution in this case? I do not want to continue with my General Accountant profession.

owaisiddiqui wrote:

Do you have any suggestions how it can be done? I will then ask HR dept to do it accordingly.

Secondly, I do not have Marketing/Sales degree but I am working as a Marketing executive. I recently completed Masters In Project Management (UK). What would be the best solution in this case? I do not want to continue with my General Accountant profession.

Sorry bro, you can't change it then.
You need a proper degree to change your profession to sales or marketing.
But you have management degree and you can't change your profession from accounts department to management (because it is blocked for now).
If don't have a degree related to accounts, your iqama will not be renewed.
It will be better to leave in time and come back on another visa with proper profession according to your education.

So what about changing it to any (non management) profession based on my Project Management Masters degree? Like if someone works in operations department or if someone is a business analyst, what are the requirements for such professions? I mean how can I best use my PM degree to change to related profession while staying in the Kingdom on the same visa?

owaisiddiqui wrote:

So what about changing it to any (non management) profession based on my Project Management Masters degree? Like if someone works in operations department or if someone is a business analyst, what are the requirements for such professions? I mean how can I best use my PM degree to change to related profession while staying in the Kingdom on the same visa?

You can only change it to PM.
But right now, changing professions from one field to another one is blocked.
You can only change your profession in accounting/sales or marketing.
Project management is a totally different field. And for all the technical professions you need a degree/diploma.
You can ask jawazat about it but i am sure they will answer the same.

Can a General Accountant Profession change into Inventory Transaction Controller or Material Follow-up Foreman ?

Arsal7 wrote:

owaisiddiqui wrote:

So what about changing it to any (non management) profession based on my Project Management Masters degree? Like if someone works in operations department or if someone is a business analyst, what are the requirements for such professions? I mean how can I best use my PM degree to change to related profession while staying in the Kingdom on the same visa?

You can only change it to PM.
But right now, changing professions from one field to another one is blocked.
You can only change your profession in accounting/sales or marketing.
Project management is a totally different field. And for all the technical professions you need a degree/diploma.
You can ask jawazat about it but i am sure they will answer the same.

Can a General Accountant Profession change into Inventory Transaction Controller or Material Follow-up Foreman ?

awanzz26 wrote:

Arsal7 wrote:

owaisiddiqui wrote:

So what about changing it to any (non management) profession based on my Project Management Masters degree? Like if someone works in operations department or if someone is a business analyst, what are the requirements for such professions? I mean how can I best use my PM degree to change to related profession while staying in the Kingdom on the same visa?

You can only change it to PM.
But right now, changing professions from one field to another one is blocked.
You can only change your profession in accounting/sales or marketing.
Project management is a totally different field. And for all the technical professions you need a degree/diploma.
You can ask jawazat about it but i am sure they will answer the same.

Can a General Accountant Profession change into Inventory Transaction Controller or Material Follow-up Foreman ?

Do you have a degree for that one too?
First you need a degree/diploma.
Then, professions can be changed only in the same field.
You can go to jawazat and confirm it.

Arsal7 wrote:

awanzz26 wrote:

Arsal7 wrote:

You can only change it to PM.
But right now, changing professions from one field to another one is blocked.
You can only change your profession in accounting/sales or marketing.
Project management is a totally different field. And for all the technical professions you need a degree/diploma.
You can ask jawazat about it but i am sure they will answer the same.

Can a General Accountant Profession change into Inventory Transaction Controller or Material Follow-up Foreman ?

Do you have a degree for that one too?
First you need a degree/diploma.
Then, professions can be changed only in the same field.
You can go to jawazat and confirm it.

Yes I Have a 3 Year Diploma of Inventory Management, but when my HR try to change the profession from QIWA its showing that it is not allowed by MOL.
what is an-other solution to change it ?

awanzz26 wrote:

Arsal7 wrote:

awanzz26 wrote:

Can a General Accountant Profession change into Inventory Transaction Controller or Material Follow-up Foreman ?

Do you have a degree for that one too?
First you need a degree/diploma.
Then, professions can be changed only in the same field.
You can go to jawazat and confirm it.

Yes I Have a 3 Year Diploma of Inventory Management, but when my HR try to change the profession from QIWA its showing that it is not allowed by MOL.
what is an-other solution to change it ?

That's the problem.
You can't just change it to another field.
There is no other way around, you need to leave in time.
Go on final exit and come back on new visa with a proper profession related to your degree/diploma.