I live in Riyadh and the last time I was in the airport, they had an official QR scan code for visitors to change their vister visas into business visas, which would allow one to work legally. Also, it's noteworthy that some international schools are allowing children on visitor visas to enroll.
Never heard of it hopefully it is available to others soon. There’s also a business visa which allows 6 months stay, a friend got a 10 year business visa which one can go for ‘umrah and do other things with. It’s only available for certain nationalities. Saudi is great but cost of living can be a little high especially with the VAT/iqamah/family tax/renewals etc but if you have a job with a good company they often help a lot. Universities offer a lot of great benefits like scholarships to learn Islam and other subjects, as do some universities in neighboring countries.
I don't think this is factual or maybe it changed already. Most is 3 months stay. Maybe he confused the requirement of your passport needing to be valid for 6 months
Being african muslim relocating to a muslim dominant african nation would be ideal. You can be a visa holder in middle east for some time but its not home. Your kids that grow up there will have the arab culture, but still not fully accepted --- like the diaspora africans in USA, embrace west culture but never fully accepted. The concept of residency is new to Arabs --- i can see them welcoming white folks over black, the ideal of having permanent foreigners will bring 2 teir laws for foreigners they want and dont want. They may practice their own form of racism their for long term residence of countries/passport they dont like similar to Kenya making it harder for Somalis to stay permanently as residents or get Kenyan Citizenship but welcome white/indians/chinese to be residents or invest. Somalis visit Kenya more than any other foreigners, they are heavily invested in business sector. Imagine a long term residence in majority muslim african country like Sudan, Somalia, Senegal, Gambia, etc. Inshallah it needs more peace and development right now but its possible for non natives in future. Kenya has many people relocating there to live, its awesome, but corruption will be challenging. There is a sizeable muslim population there primarily Somali followed by Ethiopian Muslims,Kenyan converts, Arabs and Indians. Kenyans are very familiar with Islam - most are Christians but are very tolerant folks of all faiths. The masjids you can hear the adthan everywhere. Easy to find a mosque there. Ethiopia is not ideal due to unstable - its going to be Yugoslavia soon broken unto many pieces. It has issues with Egypt over water, and undermines Somalia by makind deal with Somaliland on Port. Its a Christian run govt that is hostile to Muslims based on tribe. Ethiopians are hospitable folks to visitors but ethnic divisions run deep. Ethiopia has never had a muslim ruler although muslim population percentage is very high. If Lebanonese can do successfully businesses in Nigeria than so can an African American Muslim. Nigeria is 50% muslim - you can practice islam in Nigeria as govt is Muslim dominent. Its divided by corruption and bad leadership but is blessed with resources. If Nigeria was 100% muslim imagine the blessings - they are huslters, and would be unapologetically muslim! South Africa would also be a great place to do Dawah, open business, relocate family, standard of living closer to western nations. Islam is minority there but growing. They are more open to dawah there.
Nigeria is not 50% Muslim. That is a big lie based on some false stats! I am sorry for being blunt but the truth is that Nigeria has at least 60 percent Muslims that is why the current president and the vice president are both Muslims!
and if you lived in Kano or Sokoto or somewhere like Katsina you will not even think that there are other religions in Nigeria because these places have an overwhelming Muslim population and some other states in the north
@@chfrqn4dl relocating to Saudi is a temporary solution. Egypt is better option for now. However if a Muslim nation that's predominantly African is stable it's better option for black Muslims. East Africans are familiar with MENA countries, Sudan which residence many work professionally in Saudi are still treated with discrimination even though they adapt Arab culture over their own and have been Muslims for generations. Somalis keep their culture but just share religion with Arab, but face discrimination. Ugandan, Rwandan, Kenyans, Tanzanians are all familiar with Arabs lands for work and Islamic religion....they are tolerable to Islam, but they would like people who are coming who are business folks. It is affordable place to raise family. The visa is easier to get and longer stay if you wish. The adthan is on loud speaker, the Friday jummah is on loud speakers just as church services. The people dress conservatively and family values is important. You build a community of Muslims there that are expats...they are open to everyone but especially fellow Africans. They have pockets of Muslims in Uganda/Rwanda, a large native Swahili Muslim population in parts of Tanzania and Kenya.
I have a question, if I am a digital nomad and got the evisa, am I allowed to use the healthcare services? Also, would love a follow up in best city to live Jeddah or Riyadh? Is living in Haramain plausible? Secondly, what if I have a evisa 6months but my wife doesn't due to different passports?
Not sure about wife situation, however healthcare services yes you can use, you can either obtain health insurance, or just pay privately. You can live in makkah or madinah no problem at all, personally I would say best city is madinah! Don’t even consider Riyadh or Jeddah especially if your job isn’t linked to it
@@thepalestiniankufiya you live in a fantasy, they HATE giving out citizenship and even with people who have those degrees, 99% even after working there for decades they do not give citizenship to those people.
As some have pointed out, there's some inaccurate and in other cases an unrealistic overly rosy narrative drawn here so be careful what you take from this interviewee! Often the realities are very different! Oddly enough there seems to be a pattern of mentioning one isolated incident that went well for someone but seems to totally omit the numerous horror stories people encounter. The kicker is the attempt at linking the kafalah system to fiqh in a positive light without realising these are both very very different! Talk about false equivalence. I agree with a few points like entitlement mentality of some Westerners and the need to adapt this to be careful one is not imposing own social norms, but even this issue was one sided and not sufficienty constructive. It excluded the whole point about the prevalent practices here that are unacceptable not from a Western position but rather an Islamic value system e.g. mistreatment of foreigners, rampant racism, abuse of kafala system, nationalism, nepotism in the workplace, career opportunities based on skin colour and nationality as opposed to merit, serious lack of timekeeping or promises, cheating, high car accident mortality due to crazy driving, kidnappings on certain motorways, etc etc. I do agree that when comparing the West with Muslim majority countries, it's a no brainer but the negatives should also be made clear to all. Mostly offering only one sided rosy narrative is deceptive if done deliberately otherwise incompetent! If you've been cocooned in an institute as a student you may not be aware of the issues in the workplace. How many places in Saudi has this brother worked or how many major businesses has he dealt with? What was the experience? What were the positives but crucially what were the negatives?
With the new channel, I see there is quality too, upgrade, camera, angle etc etc! Ma Sha Allah! May Allah bless you!
I live in Riyadh and the last time I was in the airport, they had an official QR scan code for visitors to change their vister visas into business visas, which would allow one to work legally. Also, it's noteworthy that some international schools are allowing children on visitor visas to enroll.
where do you live brother, lets catchup someday specially on friday in a masjid
Shukran do you perhaps know which international schools are accepting visitors visas?
Alhamdulillah! The Bro. said " your going with the grain instead of against the grain"..!
Very good video. Guest was very informative and stayed on point
e-visa waiver is not for all nationalities. I could only find it applicable for UK nationals.
Not even U.S. nationals
Never heard of it hopefully it is available to others soon. There’s also a business visa which allows 6 months stay, a friend got a 10 year business visa which one can go for ‘umrah and do other things with. It’s only available for certain nationalities.
Saudi is great but cost of living can be a little high especially with the VAT/iqamah/family tax/renewals etc but if you have a job with a good company they often help a lot.
Universities offer a lot of great benefits like scholarships to learn Islam and other subjects, as do some universities in neighboring countries.
Mashallah. Barakallahu feekum.
I can see you brother your background madinty picture of outside Cairo, am i right?
Alhamdulillah
I don't think this is factual or maybe it changed already. Most is 3 months stay. Maybe he confused the requirement of your passport needing to be valid for 6 months
No it’s a 6 month stay but the visa must be used within 3 months
Being african muslim relocating to a muslim dominant african nation would be ideal.
You can be a visa holder in middle east for some time but its not home. Your kids that grow up there will have the arab culture, but still not fully accepted --- like the diaspora africans in USA, embrace west culture but never fully accepted.
The concept of residency is new to Arabs --- i can see them welcoming white folks over black, the ideal of having permanent foreigners will bring 2 teir laws for foreigners they want and dont want. They may practice their own form of racism their for long term residence of countries/passport they dont like similar to Kenya making it harder for Somalis to stay permanently as residents or get Kenyan Citizenship but welcome white/indians/chinese to be residents or invest. Somalis visit Kenya more than any other foreigners, they are heavily invested in business sector.
Imagine a long term residence in majority muslim african country like Sudan, Somalia, Senegal, Gambia, etc. Inshallah it needs more peace and development right now but its possible for non natives in future.
Kenya has many people relocating there to live, its awesome, but corruption will be challenging. There is a sizeable muslim population there primarily Somali followed by Ethiopian Muslims,Kenyan converts, Arabs and Indians. Kenyans are very familiar with Islam - most are Christians but are very tolerant folks of all faiths. The masjids you can hear the adthan everywhere. Easy to find a mosque there.
Ethiopia is not ideal due to unstable - its going to be Yugoslavia soon broken unto many pieces. It has issues with Egypt over water, and undermines Somalia by makind deal with Somaliland on Port. Its a Christian run govt that is hostile to Muslims based on tribe. Ethiopians are hospitable folks to visitors but ethnic divisions run deep. Ethiopia has never had a muslim ruler although muslim population percentage is very high.
If Lebanonese can do successfully businesses in Nigeria than so can an African American Muslim. Nigeria is 50% muslim - you can practice islam in Nigeria as govt is Muslim dominent. Its divided by corruption and bad leadership but is blessed with resources. If Nigeria was 100% muslim imagine the blessings - they are huslters, and would be unapologetically muslim!
South Africa would also be a great place to do Dawah, open business, relocate family, standard of living closer to western nations. Islam is minority there but growing. They are more open to dawah there.
Nigeria is not 50% Muslim. That is a big lie based on some false stats! I am sorry for being blunt but the truth is that Nigeria has at least 60 percent Muslims that is why the current president and the vice president are both Muslims!
and if you lived in Kano or Sokoto or somewhere like Katsina you will not even think that there are other religions in Nigeria because these places have an overwhelming Muslim population and some other states in the north
When these wars in MENA end imagine the opportunities for rebuilding the countries there. In sha Allah
@@chfrqn4dl relocating to Saudi is a temporary solution. Egypt is better option for now. However if a Muslim nation that's predominantly African is stable it's better option for black Muslims. East Africans are familiar with MENA countries, Sudan which residence many work professionally in Saudi are still treated with discrimination even though they adapt Arab culture over their own and have been Muslims for generations. Somalis keep their culture but just share religion with Arab, but face discrimination.
Ugandan, Rwandan, Kenyans, Tanzanians are all familiar with Arabs lands for work and Islamic religion....they are tolerable to Islam, but they would like people who are coming who are business folks. It is affordable place to raise family. The visa is easier to get and longer stay if you wish. The adthan is on loud speaker, the Friday jummah is on loud speakers just as church services. The people dress conservatively and family values is important. You build a community of Muslims there that are expats...they are open to everyone but especially fellow Africans. They have pockets of Muslims in Uganda/Rwanda, a large native Swahili Muslim population in parts of Tanzania and Kenya.
I like saudi arabia, very different compared to germany or india, better than dubai.
where does brother lives in saudi i wanna meet him
اللهم صل و سلم على سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه و سلم ،
I have a question, if I am a digital nomad and got the evisa, am I allowed to use the healthcare services? Also, would love a follow up in best city to live Jeddah or Riyadh? Is living in Haramain plausible?
Secondly, what if I have a evisa 6months but my wife doesn't due to different passports?
Not sure about wife situation, however healthcare services yes you can use, you can either obtain health insurance, or just pay privately. You can live in makkah or madinah no problem at all, personally I would say best city is madinah! Don’t even consider Riyadh or Jeddah especially if your job isn’t linked to it
@@hassanamir387what?? Why Riyadh and Jeddah not?
Thing is they won't let you stay
Then work hard to possibly get a job they are getting into many different areas like engineering and medicine.
@@thepalestiniankufiyaor find alternative Hijrah destinations to go to
@@thepalestiniankufiya you live in a fantasy, they HATE giving out citizenship and even with people who have those degrees, 99% even after working there for decades they do not give citizenship to those people.
They only looking for good slaves skip Saudi go to Egypt or somewhere else
Many people stay successfully for years and years and are still there so…
Did Chris Tucker convert to Islam?
Meanwhile, the country of Georgia: Enter, get one year visa/stamp, leave for a day, get back in, another year, repeat.
Muslim countries, man up!
Well insha’allah it’s getting easier
As some have pointed out, there's some inaccurate and in other cases an unrealistic overly rosy narrative drawn here so be careful what you take from this interviewee!
Often the realities are very different! Oddly enough there seems to be a pattern of mentioning one isolated incident that went well for someone but seems to totally omit the numerous horror stories people encounter.
The kicker is the attempt at linking the kafalah system to fiqh in a positive light without realising these are both very very different! Talk about false equivalence.
I agree with a few points like entitlement mentality of some Westerners and the need to adapt this to be careful one is not imposing own social norms, but even this issue was one sided and not sufficienty constructive. It excluded the whole point about the prevalent practices here that are unacceptable not from a Western position but rather an Islamic value system e.g. mistreatment of foreigners, rampant racism, abuse of kafala system, nationalism, nepotism in the workplace, career opportunities based on skin colour and nationality as opposed to merit, serious lack of timekeeping or promises, cheating, high car accident mortality due to crazy driving, kidnappings on certain motorways, etc etc.
I do agree that when comparing the West with Muslim majority countries, it's a no brainer but the negatives should also be made clear to all. Mostly offering only one sided rosy narrative is deceptive if done deliberately otherwise incompetent!
If you've been cocooned in an institute as a student you may not be aware of the issues in the workplace. How many places in Saudi has this brother worked or how many major businesses has he dealt with? What was the experience? What were the positives but crucially what were the negatives?