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You leave on a EXIT visa rather than a EXIT/RE-ENTRY visa, so the immigration with stamp EXIT in your passport. If you want to prove that you left then it would be a good idea to print a copy of your visa from evisa.sa
I hope that you find the sand is less brown in the east.
I hope that you find the sand is less brown in the east.
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Big base wanted for A320 and smaller B777 one.
Not sure if new recruit contracts are to be there but I know some contract renewals are.
It changes daily anyway
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Not sure if new recruit contracts are to be there but I know some contract renewals are.
It changes daily anyway
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Chocks- I think you're right about the contract renewals.
It may change daily but the compound in Riyadh exists therefore it's going to happen.
Forget the block of 10 though, that will never happen.
It may change daily but the compound in Riyadh exists therefore it's going to happen.
Forget the block of 10 though, that will never happen.
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I don't think that any Jeddah based line Captain will be forced. I do think that new hires and people who don't yet have their star or people changing fleet will just be told that the base is now Riyadh. It will be told diplomatically to them by their fleet supervisor, like he his no choice it comes from above him. It will happen though, they want the Riyadh base now as soon as possible, the accommodation is in place.
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I don't think that any Jeddah based line Captain will be forced. I do think that new hires and people who don't yet have their star or people changing fleet will just be told that the base is now Riyadh. It will be told diplomatically to them by their fleet supervisor, like he his no choice it comes from above him. It will happen though, they want the Riyadh base now as soon as possible, the accommodation is in place.
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Expats taxed in Saudi Arabia?
http://www.arabnews.com/node/933946/saudi-arabia
JEDDAH: The Shoura Council’s finance committee is backing a proposed tax on the remittances of expats, starting from 6 percent in the first year and gradually reducing to 2 percent permanently from the fifth year onward.
The tax proposal was drafted by Hossam Al-Anqari, head of the General Auditing Bureau and former member of the Shoura, who said this would be a way to force expats to invest or spend their money in the Kingdom.
The tax would be on all money transfers by expats, with the collection being done through financial institutions in the country, and deposited in a special government account, according to a media report on Thursday.
There would also be limits on the amount that an expat can send abroad at any given time. There would also be limit on what expats can transfer abroad if they leave the country. The amounts that would be allowed abroad would be calculated in terms of the income of expats.
There would also be several measures introduced to prevent tax evasion and penalize those who fail to comply, and resolve disputes. The fines would be equal to the tax levied for the first offense and doubled for every repeat violation. Citizens found submitting fake statements of salaries, or transferring money on behalf of workers would also be fined.
The finance committee stated that measures must be taken to tax expats so that the country can gain more income. The committee’s statement comes as annual remittances reportedly rose from SR56 billion in 2005 to over SR135 billion in 2014.
JEDDAH: The Shoura Council’s finance committee is backing a proposed tax on the remittances of expats, starting from 6 percent in the first year and gradually reducing to 2 percent permanently from the fifth year onward.
The tax proposal was drafted by Hossam Al-Anqari, head of the General Auditing Bureau and former member of the Shoura, who said this would be a way to force expats to invest or spend their money in the Kingdom.
The tax would be on all money transfers by expats, with the collection being done through financial institutions in the country, and deposited in a special government account, according to a media report on Thursday.
There would also be limits on the amount that an expat can send abroad at any given time. There would also be limit on what expats can transfer abroad if they leave the country. The amounts that would be allowed abroad would be calculated in terms of the income of expats.
There would also be several measures introduced to prevent tax evasion and penalize those who fail to comply, and resolve disputes. The fines would be equal to the tax levied for the first offense and doubled for every repeat violation. Citizens found submitting fake statements of salaries, or transferring money on behalf of workers would also be fined.
The finance committee stated that measures must be taken to tax expats so that the country can gain more income. The committee’s statement comes as annual remittances reportedly rose from SR56 billion in 2005 to over SR135 billion in 2014.
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Buswind: If you look back through this thread you will see that your question has been asked on multiple occasions. The answer is that Saudia is NOT a commuting contract. If you come here believing that it could be and have family that you need to get back home to see then you will be very disappointed. The training is a long process and during that time you'll have very little opportunity to go home and then you think there is light at the end of the tunnel then there isn't. You finish training and they schedule you to fly the next day and your into the routine of getting 5 block days free of duty. You can be scheduled to midnight on the day before and scheduled from 0100 on the day after. On a busy fleet like the A330 that will happen. Swaps may be possible but don't count on it, they will only give you one extra day anyway if they do happen.
To be positive, if you and your family chose to come and live in Saudi Arabia then this is not a bad Job.
To be positive, if you and your family chose to come and live in Saudi Arabia then this is not a bad Job.
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Perhaps a bit off the current discussion subject, just for info what kind of routes the A330 does, what destinations and what would be the routings for the A330-300 regional ? Thank you.
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Polax Manchester is served. By the 787 (used to be 777). Munich will be served by the 320. Maybe Geneva for the summer time will go on the 330. The onlyinternational lay overs for the 330 are Tunid and all the destinations to India with the exception of BOM and DEL (777 destinations)
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igig- I think it's pretty accurate to say that if you're not trying to commute this job, then it isn't too bad.
The problem I have is with people who take the job, knowing full well that it is not a commutable job and then make everybody else miserable with endless complaining.
The problem I have is with people who take the job, knowing full well that it is not a commutable job and then make everybody else miserable with endless complaining.
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Last edited by Romasik; 16th Jun 2016 at 21:50.