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Saudi Arabia - Al Khafji City
Hello all,
I have been offered a job in Saudi Arabia. I have been asked to work in Khafji during my contract.
I was offered 65000 per month Saudi Rial inclusive - Married status. Is this a good offer?
I have to find accomodation. Any advice. What about in Al Khafi?I would like to take my wife there. She is a registered nurse.
Any advice is most appreciated.
Many thanks
Bigfoot
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mohammadirfan said
its too good go there ...its too good go there and what is ur job:?
if u want to unlock ur iphone pm me or call 5125244 .
KEEM said
65000 ...God in one month ,goooo
65000 how you will count them
really if you can get the same in Qatar will be ok,but still worth going and trying not much live ,but its ok
Afaque said
The salary is good, but ...The salary is good, but saudi law is very strict regarding a lot of things. accomodation is very cheap compared to qatar. not as expensive as qatar in other stuff as well.
bigfoot said
Saudi Arabia - Kha ...I have not an Iphone yet. But I am going to get one and I will let you know to have it unlocked.
Many thanks for your advice. I will be meeting up with the client sometime next week to move it forward. The job is with an engineering consultancy.
I woder if you could let me know wethere there are any compounds at or nearby Khafi city? Do you know or anyone who can give me some advice about finding accomodation there? any info about rented accomodation, any photos of the area.
Many thanks
Bigfoot
Alexa said
Bigfooot, where is Khafi ...Bigfooot, where is Khafi Cityin KSA ?
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom : the music is nothing, if the audience is deaf.
Walter Lippmann
bigfoot said
Alexa, Khafji near ...Alexa,
Khafji near Kuwaiti border
stealth said
It is a dead place. thats ...It is a dead place. thats why they are offering you such a huge amount.
No one likes to stay for long in Khafji.
KEEM said
atealth ...for this amount i will go now and travel every weekend to bahrain
nadt said
Its an excellent salary, the ...Its an excellent salary, the money would be an incentive to sacrifice....
Alexa said
I don't know, a samll ...I don't know, a samll place in Saudi...very traditional.....I lived in Riyadh for 4 years, it was good, but I lived in a very big western compound, .
Would not want to go to a small place there...no way.
Bigfoot, do you know anything about Saudi?
Btw, the salary is ok for Saudi, but not necessarily excellent.
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom : the music is nothing, if the audience is deaf.
Walter Lippmann
bigfoot said
Alexa I know it is a ...Alexa
I know it is a strict country
I am there to work, live a modest life with my wife save some money and set ourselves up back where we live
I wonder in your opinion how much would we spend to have a comfortable life there every month? Are finding rented accomodation as difficut as that in Doha? any info is greatly apprciated
many thanks
Bigfoot
AbuAmerican said
Wow 65000?? I lived in ...Wow 65000?? I lived in Medina making 12000 plus 25000 housing, got a HUGE place for a year at 8000 (brand new). I was living like an absolute king.. 65000 dude take it!!
Alexa said
Bigfoot, I don;t ...Bigfoot,
I don;t know what kind of lifestyle you are looking for.
Imho, it would be very difficult for a western non muslim couple to life in a place like that, especially if there are no western compunds available.
I do not know anything about Khafji.... besides it being rather small.
You said you have to look for your own housing...that suggests no compounds to me.....if you are muslim, or intend to become one,it might be a good place to go to.....But to live in a small place in Saudi as a westerner...no way in my book. But that is just me.
How about medi care? Do you speak Arabic, so you can go to local clinic? Does youe employer provide medi care for you?
Are there going to be more westerners where you will be living?
Life in Saudi is VERY different from anywhere else,and due to the world situation, not necessarily safe without protection for Westerners.
I do not want to spook you, but you might want to do a bit more research...try this......www.sainsaudi.com
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom : the music is nothing, if the audience is deaf.
Walter Lippmann
dweller said
khafji! ...Should ask the Qatar army what it's like.
It was the site of their biggest victory over the Iraqis
Alexa said
Oh.....THAT ...Oh.....THAT close......no way!!!!!
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom : the music is nothing, if the audience is deaf.
Walter Lippmann
genesis said
Al khafji ...is unstable. Being close to both kuwaiti & iraqi borders, i saw in a special at aljazeera once that "arab" insurgents cross to iraq through there. Most of its inhabitants are Bedouins. so, i'm guessing less interference with committee of virtue (mutaween). Unless you find a closed westerner compound . My advice don't go
AbuAmerican said
Hell give them my contact ...Hell give them my contact info if you don't go...
I got over being scared of shadows when I was about 8, if they spook you off tell them give me a holla. Haven't lost my cajoles just yet..
dweller said
It isn't close ...to the Iraqi border.
It's in the Kuwait/Saudi neutral zone. Many of the supplies for Iraq in the Iran war went in through Khafji and up through Kuwait to Iraq
Alexa said
Hmmm, it doesn't sound ...Hmmm, it doesn't sound like a good place for a western couple.....
Bigfoot, can you give a bit more info on how your employer will take care of you? I am very surprised they expect you to find your own accomodation...
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom : the music is nothing, if the audience is deaf.
Walter Lippmann
chingkay said
wow ...wow its a huge salary bigfoot if ur wife is a nurse she can apply in knf khafji national hospital im not there yet but my old employer is.....
abu khalid is the owner and mishari a son who run the hospital salary is small but saudi living is quite good all prices ae reasonable,it will help her to ease a boredom of waiting u in the house alone
honesty is the best policy
thexonic said
Some people r just wayyyyyy ...Some people r just wayyyyyy too lucky lol. GOod luck mate.
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even to the hand that crushes it."
Shaekha said
hello, I think it's good ...hello,
I think it's good offer but you have to find the social life there how it will look like..for ur familly, kids... if u r happy go for it..
good luck
Supernurse said
I think that maybe because ...I think that maybe because its a small place thats why the salary is so good cos there's nothing there! I know that to get into Saudi hospitals as a nurse is a pain in the neck! I'm not sure that a nurses salary will be too good there either.....
bigfoot said
Hi all ...Thank you very much for all your very helpful comments.
I think that you all are quite right in saying that AL Khafji is a small place and that my wife and kids will be bored to death.
The plan is to live in Kuwait near the border to Alkhafji, in say places like . Messillah, Salwa, Al Zahra and Mishref.
Any one has any information about these places or know of some one. Any info about accomodation in these area, may be site addresses for a few Estate Agents etc
I grant it that it would be a tad more expensive but at least my family would be a bit more comfortable.
I very much to look forwrad to hearing from you all
Many thanks
Bigfoot
Alexa said
OMG...you will take kids ...OMG...you will take kids there???
Those places you mention, I take it they are not in Kuwait City?
If not, please, think about this, please!
How about school for your children?
Are there western schools in those places?
I am sorry, but there is something I don't quite understand...your employer can't give you info about those places?
are there some people of this company already working there?
You can also go on www.britishexpatriates.com
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom : the music is nothing, if the audience is deaf.
Walter Lippmann
dweller said
There ...isn't a lot in South Kuwait.
I worked in the neutral zone for a time and you would probably be better off in Khafji.
Mina Zoor (the name may have changed) was the biggest town in the neutral zone. I use "biggest" loosely.
bigfoot said
Any help much appreciated ...Sometime ago you drop a line to my request for info on living in Khafji, KSA.
I am off to Khafji in the next couple of weeks
Are you aware of any blog like the Qatarliving where I can log on and look at current info for Expat living in that part of the KSA, I like know whether I should only bring Dollar or Rials or both, favourable exchange rate in the UK or KSA
I am going to stay in Khafji for a little while until my wife joins me then we will look at the current situation and then may go to live in Kuwait City
Try to contact someone working in Khafji etc etc
Many thanks
Bigfoot
ratso said
u should not have accepted ...u should not have accepted the offer without going there and checking the place...
for myself, being a non-practicing muslim, I would never live in any parts of KSA even if they have tripled my salary here in qatar.
good luck...
Alexa said
Ratso, a lot of non ...Ratso, a lot of non practising Muslims live happily in the KSA.
It helps to USE the brain, as it is given to you not only for balance.
Alexa
bigfoot said
Living in Khafji ...Ratso, thanks for the advice.
It seems that you know of Khafji. If so let me know a bit about it
I found responses from Alexa extremely helpful and if Alexa does not know of answers to any questions posted on this site, Alexa suggests other sites.
Any advice and help appreciated.
I think that the theme for Qatarliving is a great one and all who joined it do help as much as they can and make it what it is. such information worths itsweight in gols, which is massive.
Many thanks
Bigfoot
Alexa said
Bigfoot, thank you, it ...Bigfoot, thank you, it was my pleasure.
Please keep us posted on how life is for you over there.
I would really like to hear a first hand report,as not many pleople go to places like Khafji,especially in Saudi.
I am looking forward to hearing from you here on QL.
The best of luck to you!
It helps to USE the brain, as it is given to you not only for balance.
Alexa