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India ↔ United Arab Emirates A regional hub in the UAEIndia ↔ Saudi Arabia A Saudi entity for government workUAE ↔ United Kingdom A UK subsidiary
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India ↔ United Arab EmiratesIndia ↔ Saudi ArabiaChina ↔ Southeast AsiaUnited Kingdom ↔ GCCGermany ↔ GCCUnited States ↔ MexicoUnited States ↔ Latin AmericaEurope ↔ AfricaJapan ↔ Southeast AsiaSingapore ↔ IndiaGCC ↔ AfricaChina ↔ AfricaChina ↔ GCCIndia ↔ AfricaEurope ↔ IndiaNordics ↔ GCCSouth Korea ↔ GCCUnited States ↔ BrazilUnited States ↔ Caribbean & Central AmericaAustralia ↔ Southeast AsiaUAE ↔ EuropeUAE ↔ United KingdomSaudi Arabia ↔ United StatesIndia ↔ United States
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Cases · People & private matters · Immigration, visas & global mobility

Urgent Respond when a key employee's visa is refused

Our key hire's work visa was refused. What now?

WONE Global has an immigration professional review the refusal and choose the fastest route to approval: appeal, a fresh application or a different visa.

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Countries in the typical case India · Saudi Arabia

The situation

What is happening

A work permit or visa has been refused for someone you need in another country.

What is at stake

Projects and start dates slip while the person cannot work, and a second refusal is harder to overturn.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Mid-sized companies
  • Founders and growing companies
  • Sport and entertainment

A scenario

Technology companyFounder-led company · from India · in Saudi Arabia

Its engineering lead's work visa was refused days before a project starts.

Where it ends The right visa.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Work permit rejected”“Visa refusal appeal”“A key executive's work visa has been refused”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global has an immigration professional review the refusal and choose the fastest route to approval: appeal, a fresh application or a different visa.

Usually led by Employment, Payroll & Mobility, with Government & Regulatory Affairs.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. First daysRefusal reviewed.
  2. Week 1New route chosen.
  3. Weeks 2-4Application.
  4. ThenStart.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Why the visa was refused
  2. 02Whether to appeal, reapply or use another route
  3. 03How to keep the project moving meanwhile

Outcomes

What you receive

  • Review of the refusal
  • Appeal or new application
  • Interim arrangements

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsEmployment, Payroll & Mobility7 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedGovernment & Regulatory Affairs1 market with a named lead→

Who handles it

Employment, Payroll & Mobility, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Indiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Saudi Arabiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Argentina WONE Global Partner Dr. Diego A. Adam · Lawyer Brief this Partner →
  4. Australia WONE Global Partner Dimitrios Katsaros · Principal Solicitor Brief this Partner →
  5. Ethiopia WONE Global Partner Mekonnen Shiferaw · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  6. Germany WONE Global Partner Ulrike Berner, MBA · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  7. South Africa WONE Global Partner Johan Beer · Partner Brief this Partner →
  8. Spain WONE Global Partner Marc Navarro Gracia · Labour and Payroll Manager Brief this Partner →
  9. Switzerland WONE Global Partner Michael Sterchi · Founder Brief this Partner →
  10. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  11. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  12. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  13. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

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Where this case connects

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Worked examples

How it goes in practice

Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.

Immigration, visas & global mobility

Related cases

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Urgent An employee wants to work from another country. Can they, and what does it trigger?How should we pay staff we send abroad?What visa does our employee need to work in this country?How do we engage actors and crew from other countries?Which residence or citizenship by investment programme suits our family?We're moving our family to another country. What do we need to arrange?Can I buy property in another country, and what should I check?Urgent An applicant is facing a deportation or removal proceedingA family's residence permit is approaching expiryA professional qualification is not recognised abroad

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UNBOUNDED™ · Global Business Circuit™

Work through India ↔ Saudi Arabia with the leaders doing it.

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The Global Business Circuit™

One corridor, 60 minutes online, 12 senior business leaders. The leaders' own questions set the agenda; market and professional perspectives join only where the questions call for them.

This corridor on UNBOUNDED™Access, intelligence and expertise around the relationship between these markets.

Next sessions on this corridor

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