FINAL EXIT VISA SAUDI ARABIA
This visa is needed by every expat living in Saudi Arabia. Once the purpose of their visit has ended they will have to leave KSA. For this they need the exit visa. This visa can ONLY be issued with the consent of your employer. So if he hinders its processing for some reason you cannot leave Saudi Arabia.
Important things to do before leaving Saudi Arabia with final exit visa
- Clear all your utility bills, police tickets and fines
- Get the credit cards, SIM card deactivated
- Get a
- Deactivate all your bank accounts and transfer your money before your accounts are frozen
- As per Saudi Law, you have to give a notice period of 30 days to your employer
- Send your family back to your homeland with all your important belongings so that you can take care of the rest of the tasks
- Have your company transfer end of service benefits into your accounts in homeland.
Importance of police clearance certificate
This certificate is far more important than people realize. For other countries to allow you to come and work for them one of the mandatory requirements is to provide police clearance certificates from all the countries you have previously lived in. Therefore if you plan on leaving Saudi Arabia to work in other countries it is better you get a clearance from the Saudi Arabian Police.
Final exit visa after expiry of iqama
There are chances that if your employer has not yet found a suitable replacement for you, he will withhold your final exit visa long after your iqama has expired. In such a scenario you will have to renew your iqama since you cannot get an exit visa without a valid iqama.
Leave before exit visa expires
Once you have been issued a final exit visa it is suggested that you leave before it expires. With an exit visa your iqama is not valid anymore. Overstaying can bring in serious consequences for you. The airport authority can detain you for months before you would be released to head back to your country.
Cancelling Final Exit Visa - Detailed procedure to cancel your final exit.
Pro Tip: It is important that on your exit you get a copy of your exit visa from your company. These papers are helpful when you want to come back to KSA under a new profession. However, there are companies which do not have a rule of giving a copy of exit papers to their employees. In this case you can ask your agent to process your visa and forward your case to Saudi Embassy. They can check online to see if you had exited KSA properly the last time you were there.
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