Miraculously Reunited in KSA for the Last Time
Despite the uncertainties of the world, I seem intent on making bold promises on what are probably my last few posts ever on saudi-season.blogspot.com . When I resurrected the blog in October, I made a strong assertion that, whatever else happens, May 1st, 2021 would be my final day in KSA. And now, in the title of this blog, I am confidently predicting that I won't ever be sitting in my Saudi apartment again waiting for the fulfilment of countless, burdensome processes just to bring my family to the Kingdom. You see, I might have just won a long battle to bring my family back to Kingdom, but I never want to go through it again. It all began with an innocuous visit to my company's government relations officer, who tried to key in a family visit request and promptly gave up citing system issues. He suggested waiting until January when, according to press reports at the time, Saudi would begin issuing tourist visas again. According to my senior teacher and a colleague who had ...