I've been trying so hard to bring my MIL on family visa but failed, then i tried to bring my brother-in-law on business visa but failed, finally i got an offer for him from a local company but when they submitted his work visa papers it got rejected due to nationality.
in fact they are not even receiving any application when they see "Syrian" written on it.
I heard that exception from the minister is required & unfortunately I don't have that strong wasta :(