Yasir Imran

Yasir Imran is a Pakistani national living in Saudi Arabia since 2004. He writes because he want to express his thoughts and share his knowledge about expatriate issues in Saudi Arabia.

How to Check Traffic Violation Fine in Saudi Arabia

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Check Traffic Violation Fine regularly in Saudi Arabia should be your first priority these days as major Saudi Arabian cities are now covered with security cameras all around. Each Person who got a Saudi Driving license and drives a vehicle in Saudi Arabia should know How to check Traffic Violation fine. Saudi Arabian govt has setup a system called Saher which helps increase road safety. This system is working under Ministry of Interior Saudi Arabia. Saher system has setup Traffic Cameras on various busy and non-busy roads. These Saher cameras read violater’s number plate and automatically add fine to his account.

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In Saudi Arabia traffic fines range from 150 SR (minimum) to 1000 SR (maximum). Traffic violation in Saudi Arabia is greatly controlled by Saher cameras however fast drives don’t like it because they get traffic fines. Ministry of Interior (MOI) website allows everybody to check traffic violation fine online. You are just required to provide your iqama number at MOI website and you can see status of your account. Sometimes you don’t see a camera flash due to some reason and the traffic fine is already added in your ignorance so it would be a good idea to keep track of your fines online & regularly checking for traffic violation fines via MOI Website.

Check Traffic Violation Fine Online via MOI Website

1. Visit MOI (Ministry of Interior) Website

http://www.moi.gov.sa

MOI Website

2. Go down on the page a little and you will see MOI Services Section in the page, Click on the link as pointed with an arrow in picture below. Upon click, a new page will be opened, check next snapshot.

MOI Website Services

3.In the final screenshot below, type your iqama number (for expats) and national ID number (for Saudi Nationals). In the next text box, type the given image code. It is called captcha  and it is used to block spam or script attacks. Once you enter required details correctly then click on View button. A green line of text will appear in the bottom and will tell you the amount of your traffic violation fines. Say Alhamdulillah if you find it 0 (Zero)

MOI - Check Traffic Violation Online

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Sample Letter to Saudi Embassy for Degree Attestation

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If you require Degree attestation in your home country by Saudi Embassy / Consulate, you will be asked for a Letter from your Sponsor – Employer in Saudi Arabia To Saudi Embassy – Consulate in your home country. Normally the contents of this letter are… You are an employee working with the employer and employer has no objection if Saudi Consulate attest your documents. However the letter is written in Arabic language as the official language for communication with Saudi Embassy is Arabic. Also the letter must be attested by Chamber of Commerce in Saudi Arabia to make sure the official signature and stamp is real and not fake.

Mostly expat employee don’t know how to explain their sponsor to issue such a letter for Saudi Embassy and when they request such a letter, even employers don’t have any idea, what the employee is actually looking for.

Upon so many requests, I am presenting a sample letter that an employee can copy and ask his / her sponsor to issue him such a letter. Please note that it is a sample letter and you need to change its contents to match the original content as per your bio-data. For instance the following details.

  • Line 1: Issue No / Serial No (This would be an auto-generated number that a a company keeps for its records, this is not mandatory).
  • Line 2 and 3: Issue Date in Gregorian and Hijri Calendar.
  • Line 5: Location of Embassy – Consulate (City + Country).
  • Line 8: Name of Employee as written on Iqama + Nationality of employee.
  • Line 16: Name of your sponsor / employer + his signature.
  • Ending: Employer / Sponsor’s official stamp (Must be attested by Chamber of Commerce).

Sample Letter to Saudi Embassy issued by Saudi Sponsor employer

Letter from your employer to Saudi Embassy
Letter from your employer to Saudi Embassy

Once you get this letter from your sponsor & get it attested as well, additional requirements are copy of your iqama + copy of your passport. and you can read the full procedure here which I explained earlier. HOW TO GET YOUR DEGREE ATTESTED FROM YOUR HOME COUNTRY

Once you get attested degree you can apply for change of profession or apply for family visa in Saudi Arabia

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A Video Overview of MERS-COV (Corona virus)

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Mouayad Mohtar who is running a YouTube channel called Social Nurse created an introductory video about MERS-COV (Corona virus). The video explains source of this virus and other recent findings about this virus. Recently Arabnews reported that few patients of this virus are got recovered after treatment An international team of scientists recently said they have identified a compound that can fight the virus. The team, led by Edward Trybala from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and Volker Thiel from the University of Bern, has discovered a compound called K22, which appears to block the ability of the virus to spread in humans. so we can hope this virus will be curable easily very soon. Watch the video for more info.

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Helpless Pakistani Workers Oppressed by Sponsors in Saudi Arabia

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This video reveals the problems Pakistani workers are facing in Saudi Arabia, they are explaining there Iqama (work permits) are still valid but they are arrested and their sponsors are asking for extra money to cooperate them or get them released from Detention. In recent times Saudi Arabian govt is doing much improvement in Labor system and laws. I hope the problems of these Pakistani workers will end soon. It is a humble request from Pakistani community to Saudi Arabian authorities to sort out problems of these helpless workers.

This video has gone viral on social media, it is uploaded on facebook and other social sites by various people. Take a look at the video below, the labor explaining his problems in Urdu.

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Giveaway – Get a chance to Win an iPad Air in Photography Contest

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Freshi Ice Sticks is a Jeddah based Ice Cream / Ice Sticks manufacturer and retailer who sells fruit based Italian ice cream called gelato. Freshi is rapidly moving across Jeddah as it has 13 retail branches in some of Jeddah’s most visited shopping malls in short period of time. Their products are liked by all age groups, children, youth and senior citizens because they use fruit based ice cream which is categorized best ice cream available these days. One of another great feature of their ice cream is less use of butter-fat and sugar, Freshi claims they are using 50% less sugar than other ice cream brands available in local market.

Freshi Ice Sticks also featured on Jeddah’s online food directories including Sufrati.com, Jeddahfood.com, hellofood.com etc

Why I am telling you about Freshi Ice Sticks might be something very exciting for all of you specially Jeddah Photographers and that is a Photography Contest Freshi Ice Sticks has started recently. This contest aims more and more people visiting Freshi Ice Sticks branches and become aware of their product as well as take photos and become eligible to win an iPad Air. Freshi Ice Sticks requires photographers to take photos of children or adults holding their products e.g Ice Stick.

There are other prizes as well, top 10 photographs will win prizes,50 Ice Sticks treat for 2nd position holder and 25 Ice Sticks treat for 3rd best photo, while 4th to 10th positions will get 10 Ice Sticks each.

So what are you waiting for!

It is time for you to show your photography skills and take a best shot of Freshi Ice Sticks with a person, then submit your photo to Freshi Ice Sticks fan page on the facebook.

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Below are some Terms and Conditions or procedure of participating in this photography contest.

Terms and Conditions of Photography Contest

  1. Visit any Freshi Ice Sticks branch
  2. Buy your favorite Ice Stick
  3. Show your Photography skills and Take best shot
    1. Preffered – Picture of kids or adults holding Freshi’s Ice Stick
    2. Picture of Ice Sticks
    3. Picture of Display Freezer
    4. Picture of our shop
  4. Send your picture to Freshi facebook page until 30th June 2014
  5. A panel of judges will choose top 10 Photos
  6. We will officially announce winners on 5 July 2014
  7. Decision of Freshi Ice Sticks will be final

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Infographic – Comparison of The Kingdom Tower vs Burj Khalifa

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Middle East is set to become home to the 2 tallest and most amazing buildings in the world. First the world’s current tallest building located in Dubai, UAE Burj Khalifa and the second Kingdom Tower in Jeddah which claims to be world’s tallest building once completed in 2018. We have created a great infographic which compares these 2 spectacular buildings in a graphical way.

Burj Khalifa which claims not only the world’s tallest building till date but world’s most luxurious and spectacular build as well. Currently the height of Burj Khalifa is 828 meters; Kingdom Tower in Jeddah claims to break this record by reaching 1000 meters from ground that equals 1 km upwards. The construction of Kingdom Tower estimated to be finished till 2019. It will be the center of a vast new development called Kingdom City. Lets check out some unique comparison points of these 2 spectacular skyscrapers.

Update: 17/06/2021 The Source: YaDig Blog which has published this review has been closed due to unknow reason.

Infographic Compares Kingdom Tower Jeddah vs Burj Khalifa Dubai

You might be interested in another info-graphic I posted earlier about Corona Virus (Mers)

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Android Tip: Copy Sim Contacts to Gmail Account

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I spent long time on Play Store in search of an app that can copy contacts from my sim card to my Gmail account. I found few apps that claim they can copy sim contact to another type of storage like phone storage or sd card.

None of them worked for me, what I required exactly. Most smart phone users might familiar with the fact that sim card contacts storage doesn’t offer enough features. Like adding multiple mobile numbers, adding an email address or picture or address of a contact person.

These are features which are required in today’s era. There is an option to store such details in your phone storage as well. Most smartphones allow you to add pictures of contacts & email addresses. However I prefer Gmail (Google Account contacts) storage because in case you have changed your phone you don’t have to go through making a backup of existing contacts in your old phone and then import into your new phone. This may cause you loosing some of your data that is related with contacts. Smartphone manufacturers claim that their built-in apps can do the whole transfer process with ease but still I prefer to stay in the safe side and using Gmail as my default contact storage.

Previously my contacts were in sim card storage so I required to copy them into Gmail account, upon failure in finding a perfect app for this at play store, I discovered a simple and straight forward step of accomplishing this task.

I found this information in some google forums.

  1. Go to Contacts, tap on small menu button.
  2. Tap on Import/Export and choose Import from SIM card
  3. You will be asked to choose a Target (Device, Google etc). Choose Google Account
  4. Select Sync Contacts

Take a look at below screen shot for reference. I hope it will be helpful to you.

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