@Heady
French expat in Saudi Arabia
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23 posts
About me
French
Lives in Riyadh
Speaks french, italian, english, a bit of dutch and persian
Registration: 21 May 2010
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Wife sending all her money home not contributing expenses by Jonny2840
Hello my name is Jon. I live in Vancouver BC Canada. I recently married a filipina and we are working towards sponsorship for her here to get her pr. Before we got married we both agreed we would share expenses and costs for pr applications and ...
Hi Jonny. Let me share my experience of having been with my filipina soulmate for 5 years now: 1) When you marry a filipina, you shall consider that family - at least the close family circle (in my case: her dad, her mum, her son and her jobless ... Read More
Labor Ministry announces new Nitaqat Scheme by musicman
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article452690.ece DAMMAM: The Labor Ministry announced on Saturday that private companies in the green and premium categories — the companies who are abiding by Saudization rules or who have exceptional track records ...
The company I work for is regularly nailed by the Ministry of Labor for its non-compliance to saudization ratios (10% in our case). We already experience many problems/delays with renewal of Iqamas for expats. Read More
Weirdness ALREADY by SF15
Can somebody please enlighten me what some 'Saudi: foreigner" ratio thing is in a multinational company? There is some dispute with the company and the govt that the ratio is not being met and hence delaying everything including the ...
SF15: To be more explicit, I arrived in Riyadh 1.5 months ago with a 6-month multi-entry visa (temporary work visa) which took quite some time to obtain (because of the ratio). I can come and go anytime within the period of validity of my visa. My ... Read More
Weirdness ALREADY by SF15
Can somebody please enlighten me what some 'Saudi: foreigner" ratio thing is in a multinational company? There is some dispute with the company and the govt that the ratio is not being met and hence delaying everything including the ...
SF15: The authorization for my visa was held for about 3 months because of the saudi/foreigner ratio. I was in a batch of 400 visa applications including all sort of citizenships (notably french, spanish, lebanese, pakistani, filipinos, indian) but ... Read More
Biography of KSA on Video by musicman
Part I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNO7DPOsOYQ Part II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-tEpDE1I5M&feature=related Part III http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11OCZcxrCxw&feature=related Part ...
Very interesting indeed ... but I found it too short. The documentary could have focused a little bit more on the nation building process, in particular the historical struggle between the House of Saud and the House of Rashid and the strategic ... Read More
Weirdness ALREADY by SF15
Can somebody please enlighten me what some 'Saudi: foreigner" ratio thing is in a multinational company? There is some dispute with the company and the govt that the ratio is not being met and hence delaying everything including the ...
I vaguely understood that the company I work for must hire 10% of saudi nationals. Read More
Uncivilized driving ... but civilized dispute settlement ? by Heady
I arrived in Riyadh 3 weeks ago and I already witnessed no less than 8 car accidents. Seems to be a national sport here! and I donÂ’t mention the countless times drivers fail to stop at red traffic light or honking at me simply because I would stop ...
...you better break all the arabic words you rememberd this far to explain what happened...The only words I know in Arabic are "I would like to order a pizza" and "what a cute little baby". Would that help ??? Read More
Uncivilized driving ... but civilized dispute settlement ? by Heady
I arrived in Riyadh 3 weeks ago and I already witnessed no less than 8 car accidents. Seems to be a national sport here! and I donÂ’t mention the countless times drivers fail to stop at red traffic light or honking at me simply because I would stop ...
The other driver blamed me but after hearing my explanation the policeman suggested that he was mistaken. ie, lying out his teeth.Thanks Dave. It seems that bad faith is a universal concept. Read More
Uncivilized driving ... but civilized dispute settlement ?
I arrived in Riyadh 3 weeks ago and I already witnessed no less than 8 car accidents. Seems to be a national sport here! and I donÂ’t mention the countless times drivers fail to stop at red traffic light or honking at me simply because I would stop ... Read More
What's a suitable salary for french engineer ? by pirlo59
Hello/Salam to All, I live and work as lean manager in France. I had an interivew with the HR manager and the Manufacturing manager for a subsidiary of french company based in Ryad. The interview went well and the HR told that he will send an ...
Pirlo59: I replied to your PM with lots of details. Hope this is helpful to you. Read More
What's a suitable salary for french engineer ? by pirlo59
Hello/Salam to All, I live and work as lean manager in France. I had an interivew with the HR manager and the Manufacturing manager for a subsidiary of french company based in Ryad. The interview went well and the HR told that he will send an ...
I forgot: my company also provides 4 return tickets per year (one every 3 months) Read More
What's a suitable salary for french engineer ? by pirlo59
Hello/Salam to All, I live and work as lean manager in France. I had an interivew with the HR manager and the Manufacturing manager for a subsidiary of french company based in Ryad. The interview went well and the HR told that he will send an ...
Hi pirlo59: I am french, I am an engineer and I work for the subsidiary of a french company too. Maybe we are working for the same company here ;) I get about 75% on the top of my france-based gross salary. The company provides me with a decent ... Read More
Greetings from a newcomer by Heady
Dear forum-ers: I am new in Riyadh and wanted to say hello to you. I understand it is a sort of tradition for newcomers to ask for tips and advice about living in SA, but I won't ask for anything. I will try and figure out everything by myself...it ...
Hi Heady, Can you elaborate on your interest in Aviation? The company I work for had a presence at the Saudi Aviation Club a couple of months back.Hi Stevie334, Funny that you mention the Saudi Aviation Club as I was doing some research on it 2-3 ... Read More
I'm too much Afraid 2 Approach you | O_O | by Salman Omrani
Hello dear expats et. al. through the many years in the past I was always hesitant (and still am) to approach you people.. you know .. you white people.. Caucasian or whatever ya call it. I'm not talking about the friendly online communities. I'm ...
Salman: With you beard and your white tunic, you look more like a jedi apprentice to me ... you know ... like Obiwan Kenobi .... As you know, jedis are good people. Did you loose your arm during a lightsaber fight ? May the force be with you, ... Read More
Pass the ball by MadMaz
Not much time left till football World Cup starts! I suppose there must be at least a few football fans here, so who are you gonna support? how far you expect them to go? and who you think is gonna win?? tell me all about it :) I support Germany, ...
I support France, without enthousiasm though. Several french players are currently involved in an underage prostitution scandal. Plus France stole Ireland its place at the WC finals by scoring a goal with the hand during the qualification phase. so ... Read More