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Dhaka2014

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May 7, 2014
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Canada
albertoenriquezjr said:
Thanks Destnation Canada and Dhaka 2014. I'm still reluctant to got to the police head Office as my profession in iQama si not matched with my actual profession here, everytime government is checking our workplace we are advised by our HR to go home because of this issue. Do you guys really think that this is still an issue with the Saudi Government? Please advise.
Man don't worry. Police department has nothing to do with that. It is all with Labor Ministry and Jawazat who are concerned about that.
I can assure you that Police Department will never ask you what do you do exactly.

The office you will go is only making sure that you don't have a criminal record by matching your fingerprints with their database. They will not ask you anything. You just give them the letter from embassy, they will only ask you to put your fingerprints on the form (or on the machine) then give you a slip to come back on a certain date. No single discussion about anything else.

The guy only typed my name, nationality, Iqama number, Iqama issue date, Gender, Religion, the requested authority (Canadian Embassy), purpose (Immigration). (all in Arabic).

Trust me, there is nothing to be afraid of.
 

albertoenriquezjr

Star Member
May 2, 2014
92
5
Category........
Visa Office......
MNL
NOC Code......
2132
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-06-2014
Nomination.....
24-09-2014 (PER)
IELTS Request
8.0 sent with Application
Dhaka2014 said:
Man don't worry. Police department has nothing to do with that. It is all with Labor Ministry and Jawazat who are concerned about that.
I can assure you that Police Department will never ask you what do you do exactly.

The office you will go is only making sure that you don't have a criminal record by matching your fingerprints with their database. They will not ask you anything. You just give them the letter from embassy, they will only ask you to put your fingerprints on the form (or on the machine) then give you a slip to come back on a certain date. No single discussion about anything else.

The guy only typed my name, nationality, Iqama number, Iqama issue date, Gender, Religion, the requested authority (Canadian Embassy), purpose (Immigration). (all in Arabic).

Trust me, there is nothing to be afraid of.
Great! Thanks a lot Dhaka2014. You made my day.

All the best!
 

ash73

Hero Member
Mar 2, 2011
420
10
Visa Office......
lvo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
8-05-2014
has anyone from fsw2014 may 8-10 nocs 1112 ,2174 received any pcc requestsor ecas second line?
 

ash73

Hero Member
Mar 2, 2011
420
10
Visa Office......
lvo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
8-05-2014
seniors pls help me make a rough estimate
file received at cio 8th may
per 13 th august
when should I expect a pcc request or ecas second line inshallah?
 

destination canada

Hero Member
Jun 22, 2012
642
15
Category........
Visa Office......
LONDON
NOC Code......
1111
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
June 2010
Doc's Request.
October 2010
AOR Received.
Nova-Scotia, October 2010
File Transfer...
Full Docs to LVO - January 2011, Second AOR May-2011
Med's Request
Feb.2014
Med's Done....
Feb.2014
Passport Req..
PPR-1 & PPR-2 on June 2014
VISA ISSUED...
July 2014
LANDED..........
Dec 2014
Dhaka2014 said:
Man don't worry. Police department has nothing to do with that. It is all with Labor Ministry and Jawazat who are concerned about that.
I can assure you that Police Department will never ask you what do you do exactly.

The office you will go is only making sure that you don't have a criminal record by matching your fingerprints with their database. They will not ask you anything. You just give them the letter from embassy, they will only ask you to put your fingerprints on the form (or on the machine) then give you a slip to come back on a certain date. No single discussion about anything else.

The guy only typed my name, nationality, Iqama number, Iqama issue date, Gender, Religion, the requested authority (Canadian Embassy), purpose (Immigration). (all in Arabic).

Trust me, there is nothing to be afraid of.
I Agree with Dhaka2014, you dont have to worry albertoenriquezjr, they will only give you what CIC asked for, and that is Criminal records, if you are ok, then then will give u a clean PCC, nothing more or less, police dept. will not investigate nor they have time to check with your CO., even Polices knows in saudi we dont work according to our iqama profession, so dont hesitate and finalize with your PCC process. best of luck.
 

Dhaka2014

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May 7, 2014
426
138
Canada
ash73 said:
seniors pls help me make a rough estimate
file received at cio 8th may
per 13 th august
when should I expect a pcc request or ecas second line inshallah?
This depends on your visa office.
For LVO, they have started processing some applicants of 8th May.
Some other VOs even issued visas for the same date applicants.

I recommend that you spend 5 minutes looking at the spreadsheet to see the trend for your application date and visa office.

I believe NOC doesn't make a difference at all. NOC was checked at CIC to match job description. Local VO will not prioritize processing applications based on NOC order.
 

ash73

Hero Member
Mar 2, 2011
420
10
Visa Office......
lvo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
8-05-2014
Dhaka2014 said:
This depends on your visa office.
For LVO, they have started processing some applicants of 8th May.
Some other VOs even issued visas for the same date applicants.

I recommend that you spend 5 minutes looking at the spreadsheet to see the trend for your application date and visa office.

I believe NOC doesn't make a difference at all. NOC was checked at CIC to match job description. Local VO will not prioritize processing applications based on NOC order.
thanku dhaka2014 for your reply.my vo is London.
 

albertoenriquezjr

Star Member
May 2, 2014
92
5
Category........
Visa Office......
MNL
NOC Code......
2132
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-06-2014
Nomination.....
24-09-2014 (PER)
IELTS Request
8.0 sent with Application
destination canada said:
I Agree with Dhaka2014, you dont have to worry albertoenriquezjr, they will only give you what CIC asked for, and that is Criminal records, if you are ok, then then will give u a clean PCC, nothing more or less, police dept. will not investigate nor they have time to check with your CO., even Polices knows in saudi we dont work according to our iqama profession, so dont hesitate and finalize with your PCC process. best of luck.
Great! Thanks destination Canada.
 

Hasni

Champion Member
May 16, 2010
1,191
32
Category........
Visa Office......
LVO
NOC Code......
7216
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
31.05.2011
Doc's Request.
13.03.2013
Med's Request
29.07.2013
Med's Done....
04.08.2013
Passport Req..
07.10.2013
VISA ISSUED...
23.10.2013
LANDED..........
28.11.2013 by the grace of Allah SWT
Staying in gulf after acquiring Canadian citizenship gets tougher..
http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/637706
 

mmsrab_Canada

Full Member
Sep 17, 2014
27
0
Hello Guys,

I need your guidance in filling the main applicant form. Under Current Country of Residence when we select Saudi Arabia and status as WORKER we need to specify the from and to dates. But since i'll still be working while I send the application to CIC; what should be written in the 'to' date?

Appreciate your help.
 

rizwan150

Hero Member
Jan 16, 2014
816
233
Canada
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
2243
App. Filed.......
10-04-2014
Doc's Request.
24-06-2014
Nomination.....
07-05-2014
Med's Request
26-06-2014 (Self MR + RPRF for both) & 31-07-2014 (Spouse MR),
Med's Done....
06-07-2014 (Self) & 18-08-2014 (Spouse)
Passport Req..
PPR-1 + PPR-2: 17-02-2015
VISA ISSUED...
17-02-2015, Passport Received: 17-03-2015
LANDED..........
26-05-2015
mmsrab_Canada said:
Hello Guys,

I need your guidance in filling the main applicant form. Under Current Country of Residence when we select Saudi Arabia and status as WORKER we need to specify the from and to dates. But since i'll still be working while I send the application to CIC; what should be written in the 'to' date?

Appreciate your help.
Current date of form filling...
 

masood8

Hero Member
Oct 3, 2013
722
161
Toronto
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
LONDON
NOC Code......
3131
App. Filed.......
10-01-2011
Doc's Request.
20-03-2011
IELTS Request
Along File
Med's Request
05-11-2013
Med's Done....
10-12-2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
PPR1 05-10-2014 & PPR2 17-11-2014 (Submitted: 18-02-2015)
VISA ISSUED...
13-02-2015
LANDED..........
29-June-2015
Hi,

I am a FSW 2011 applicant, I applied from Pakistan and submitted my file to Sydney, Nova Scotia after that I traveled to Saudi Arabia on a work visa in 2013 till now,
Furthermore I informed LVO that i moved to Saudi and also sent them my visa page and Saudi PR card copies via Email. Meanwhile i sent all my family members medical from Saudi Arabia on 10-12-2013

During all this process I also sent updated forms in which i wrote my present Saudi address but i kept my mailing address unchanged that was of Pakistan.

Now before a week i got an email from visa office which they asked me to send my Updated information Chart along all family members PP copies, which I sent them.

Now i just confused that will the visa office ask me to submit the PP from Pakistan OR from Saudi Arabia???
since me and my job both are working here in Saudi and it will extremely difficult for us in case CIC asked us to submit your PP from Islamabad (Pak).

I need an advice and help to what to do in this stage??? should I write an email to visa office or just wait for further procedure???
 

masood8

Hero Member
Oct 3, 2013
722
161
Toronto
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
LONDON
NOC Code......
3131
App. Filed.......
10-01-2011
Doc's Request.
20-03-2011
IELTS Request
Along File
Med's Request
05-11-2013
Med's Done....
10-12-2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
PPR1 05-10-2014 & PPR2 17-11-2014 (Submitted: 18-02-2015)
VISA ISSUED...
13-02-2015
LANDED..........
29-June-2015
mmsrab_Canada said:
Hello Guys,

I need your guidance in filling the main applicant form. Under Current Country of Residence when we select Saudi Arabia and status as WORKER we need to specify the from and to dates. But since i'll still be working while I send the application to CIC; what should be written in the 'to' date?

Appreciate your help.
Its the date from which u entered Saudi arabia and the till date is the current date when you are filling the form
 

sk1979

Star Member
May 15, 2014
122
17
Saudi Arabia
Category........
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
2171
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
21-Jul-2014
Nomination.....
15-Nov-2014
IELTS Request
Band 8
Med's Request
6-Mar-2015
Med's Done....
19-Mar-2015
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
10-Apr-2015
VISA ISSUED...
10-Apr-2015
LANDED..........
25-Jun-2015
Hi Friends,

Since I am a Pakistani living in Saudi for almost 13 years, do I have to submit PCC from both Saudi and Pakistan?

Regards,
SK
 

Dhaka2014

Hero Member
May 7, 2014
426
138
Canada
sk1979 said:
Hi Friends,

Since I am a Pakistani living in Saudi for almost 13 years, do I have to submit PCC from both Saudi and Pakistan?

Regards,
SK
Yes bro. You will have to submit PCC for every country that you have stayed for 6 months or more since your 18th birthday.
That's the general rule. In rare cases, VO might make an exception incase it is really difficult to get a PCC if you finally left that country.