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Asking the employer to wait for how long..??global gypsy wrote:You DO like to live on the edge, don't you?
You may need to request your Saudi employer to wait for a while
With all due respect, what you're really expecting is some childlike reassurance that everything will be okay and alright and there won't be any problems. Unfortunately, that's not reality.gainvidya wrote:I really expect some feedback from knowledgeable people out there.
Gainividya, this is vexing! Why didn't you state this in the first place? This is critical, material information. Your original post as written looks as if you're trying to pull a fast one.gainvidya wrote:Another point to add I dont intend to leave UK forever but for short or long(max 2 year) term. I have my wife and kid who will continue to reside in UK.
This is the toughest bit I fear. I dont want to be in the this sitiuation (denied OCI) as my parent and relatives are all in India. I appreciate your valuable time and advise newpersoln, it was very helpful.newperson wrote:Your only sin here will be travelling on an invalid Indian passport for your return to Saudi Arabia. This might bite you in the bum if you apply for your PIO or OIC, and the Indians put together that you used the Indian passport after getting UK citizenship. Again, that might be bad. Very bad.gainvidya wrote:Another point to add I dont intend to leave UK forever but for short or long(max 2 year) term. I have my wife and kid who will continue to reside in UK.
Don't be tempted into not being upfront and honest on your naturalisation application about your intention to work temporarily in Saudi Arabia. If your application is successful, which if well argued may be the likely outcome, you will have a lovely payoff. You can do your ceremony and passport interview in Saudi, and you will never be at risk of losing your OCI rights. And you won't annoy your potential new employers by taking a six-week holiday back in the UK!newperson wrote:The second option is that when you lodge your naturalisation application in which you are being completely honest and upfront, you write in section 1.21 on the application where you want the citizenship ceremony to be held "British Embassy-Riyadh" or "British Consulate General-Jeddah". This way if the application gets approved, they will forward the naturalisation certificate to the British post in Saudi Arabia. Then you can be sworn in there and get your passport there. Again, you can only do this if you have been completely honest. But when I think about it, this might be the best solution possible for you! You will always be legal from both an Indian and UK point of view, and you will minimise your travel. You'll just need to make sure that your Saudi visa gets switched over to your new UK passport as soon as possible.
Suppose you're in a foreign country (Saudi Arabia), and you're applying for OCI. If you're applying for OCI, then you're most likely no longer a full Indian citizen. If you're not a full Indian citizen, how and when did you lose the nationality? But more importantly, did you travel on that Indian passport to enter Saudi Arabia from the UK after you had performed your expatriating act? If you did, that's illegal. They might not care or ask, but they might. All they have to do is ask the right questions and connect the dots.peejay wrote:Hi Newperson, am I right in assuming that during OIC application, Indian authority only look at your British passport. So if for some reason, you travel on Indian passport after getting BC but before getting British passport - they will never know?