Moving to Saudi

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Brother she is a 16 year old who is a rebellious teen ager who cant have fun :D , Its a very big country as well and she is living in Riyadh , she is talking about The Capital City of the Kingdom and generalizing without knowledge of most she is talking of .

I think When U come here you will have a clearer picture inshallah like sister Mercedes explained it very clearly .

I think Sister crayon needs to live in the west to be happy .
 
pauper said:
I rest me case , crayon seriously you are not giving the people here the correct impression of the country , you talking about it everything negative and nothing positive .

Why dont you tell us how nice it is in syria under Assads rule ? in another thread off course .
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All rightie then.
For the record, I dislike bashar al assad and syrian politics disgust me.
But being a "rebellious teenager", I wouldn't know much, would I?
Jazaka Allahu Khair.

Sis mercedes- What other account of a place could I give if not based on my personal experiences and those around me? How can you tell someone what "it is like to live in a country" using facts? Yes, you can say it costs this much to do this, the procedures to do this are this, etc. but when you're going to say what it's like, that is an opinion, which each person responds to based on his or her own experiences. You said it was safe for you to walk in the streets alone, is that not an opinion? You work comfortably with the aid of a chauffer, women are safe here. All of those are opinions based on your experience.

In the time of the prophet peace be upon him there was no "saudi arabia". there was arabia which included saudi arabia and several other countries that exist today. Makkah and madinah are the cities of the prophet, the rest of saudi arabi could well have been a part of the UAE or kuwait.

Also, are you 100% sure that non saudis are allowed to attend public schools? I was definite they weren't.. they were until a couple of years ago, and they recently stopped admitting them to them.

Jazaki Allahu Khair.
 
So, if they cant attend public school I will have to pay for schooling myself?
 
If they are indeed allowed into public schools, they would be free, if not, however, you would have to enroll them in a private school, and pay for it yourself.

A lot of the times school tuition is included in the business contract, though, so you might not have to worry about it anyway, inshallah.
 
crayon said:
If they are indeed allowed into public schools, they would be free, if not, however, you would have to enroll them in a private school, and pay for it yourself.

A lot of the times school tuition is included in the business contract, though, so you might not have to worry about it anyway, inshallah.
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Ok, so say for example, that I could not afford the schooling, then they wouldn't have to go school right?
 
I assume so, but I have no knowledge of that. Home schooling is an option though, it's quite prevalent here compared to other countries.
 
"In Saudi Arabia a student may leave school when permission of his legal custodians (parents) is given, if not the student must complete school until the age of 18"

It says that on wiki... But does that mean if a parent doesn't want to put their children in school at all they don't have to?:?
 
Wow, someone told me an iqama costs alot but I cant find anything online about that, is that true?
 
Hey, I just asked my parents, and they also said non saudis are not allowed into public schools. However, they think there's this program where non saudis can pay a small fee and take class at night in public schools.

I'll try to ask about that, not sure myself.
 
My dad said your company usually pays for the iqama and all the procedures, but here's what I found online. linkyyy

It says it costs 500, doesn't say what the unit is, but I assume it's riyals, which isn't a lot of money. About 67 pounds.The site isn't very clear though..

edit- that's the cost of making a new one, and it's 500 for renewing an expired one. I'm not sure how soon it expires, though.
 
Boy I thought the Uk had loads of paper work. Thanks for the information.

EDIT: What would yall say the average pay rate is there? And I sawa website with the average spending, i.e. how much you need to survive but I dont know how old the site is, so how much you think Monthly for housing and food and basic stuff.
 
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sallamu 3aleikum
sister crayon, i wanted 2 ask u hw wud it b lyk if i wud want 2 go 2 saudi arabia, lyk mecca or madina 2 study islamic studies n qur'an n stuff
i'm 16 years old, soon becomin 17 n wat wud i hav 2 go through 2 get there?
will i also need a host?
jazakallahu khayran
wassalam
 
Yup, it's the same process as Brother Habeshi, you need a job and sponsor, and need to figure out all the other stuff as well. Do you graduate this year or next year? Maybe you could do your university studies here? I might be mistaken, but I think they offer study visas, and for those I don't think you need a job or sponsor.

Brother Habeshi- Are you talking about just the salary, or the benefits as well? I'm not very knowledgeable about the working world though, maybe sis mercedes or brother pauper could answer those questions.
 
crayon said:
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All rightie then.
For the record, I dislike bashar al assad and syrian politics disgust me.
But being a "rebellious teenager", I wouldn't know much, would I?
Jazaka Allahu Khair.

Sis mercedes- What other account of a place could I give if not based on my personal experiences and those around me? How can you tell someone what "it is like to live in a country" using facts? Yes, you can say it costs this much to do this, the procedures to do this are this, etc. but when you're going to say what it's like, that is an opinion, which each person responds to based on his or her own experiences. You said it was safe for you to walk in the streets alone, is that not an opinion? You work comfortably with the aid of a chauffer, women are safe here. All of those are opinions based on your experience.

In the time of the prophet peace be upon him there was no "saudi arabia". there was arabia which included saudi arabia and several other countries that exist today. Makkah and madinah are the cities of the prophet, the rest of saudi arabi could well have been a part of the UAE or kuwait.

Also, are you 100% sure that non saudis are allowed to attend public schools? I was definite they weren't.. they were until a couple of years ago, and they recently stopped admitting them to them.

Jazaki Allahu Khair.
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Well If thats the case then talk about Them and not about the people and land where u are filling your pockets and eating from and breathing in , thats Ungratefulness .

Allah SWT has put the holy places in the hands of Saudi arabia and Alhamdulilah saudi Arabia doesnt need anyones approval where that is concerned , the Whole Muslim world knows what this country does to serve the Hujaaj and Ummarah people throughout the year .

Saudi schools are for both saudis and Foriegners please get your facts straight , but many foriegners prefer to keep their children in private schools for one reason or the other , and Saudis as well .
 
sallam
sis crayon, i'm at ma 1st year of college, n next year i'll inshallah b finished
i was finkin of doin lyk da university in saudi
not specifically lukin 4 a job yet, just 4 da studies
wassalam
 
crayon said:
Brother Habeshi- Are you talking about just the salary, or the benefits as well? I'm not very knowledgeable about the working world though, maybe sis mercedes or brother pauper could answer those questions.
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I just ment in general sis how much do you pay for stuff monthly, although you dont work maybe you know how much the shoppin comes upto roughly? And the housing and the schooling? And transport?
 
We're a family of 5, and we roughly pay about 500-600 riyals a week for grocery. Schooling is 20000 a year for someone my age (grade 11).. I'm not sure about housing or transport.. You can get a second hand car, but it's gas that will mainly cost you in that department.
 

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