Are you moving to Dubai - this might help

[PKDivers]

sorry Elphaba, my mistake. Do you have any ideas or contacts that I may find useful in trying to get into the mortgage industry out there. I have done quite a bit of research and have spoken to a few companies but the more avenues the better. Your help would be most appreciated. Thanks again for all your input on here.

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Thank you Elena,for advise
regards
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[okos12]

Hi Elena, My daughter works in Dubai for about 2 years now and lives at JBR. Her rent is paid by 2 checks for 12 month. Her employer advances her the rent for 6 month and they take it out of her paycheck. Then comes the other 6 month and she gets it advanced again. Her water/electricity for a 1 bdr. l.5 bath apartment is about $30/month. The cable TV/internet is around $50/month. She bought a used car, a JEEP to be safe. Car insurance that covers both her car and in case she would hit someone is around $500 for 12 month. The car insurance company registered and had her car tested for about $50. Better Homes in Dubai is a good company to look for rental apartments. If you have a choice rent an unfurnished apartment. You can furnish your apartment for about $1,000 Lots of used stuff, but we bought a 19" TV for $50 VCR $25 microwave $20 all new in the grocery store. We bought a huge rug for a $100 also in grocery store it is new. Indian furniture stores have cheap stuff, all new. She had curtains made, very beautiful by an Indian in about 2 days for the hole apartment for $300. Dubai is cool. Lots of good food. Great shopping. You must have a car. At JBR parking is included underground and that is so important. Good luck. As far as paying income tax, in America she comes out ahead, because the salary is broken down for salary/rent/car and you pay tax only on the salary. Oh, one more thing. Try to fly Emirates Airline. It is the most generous airline with frequent flyer miles. After my first trip we got a free ticket to Yemen. It was great. But that is another story. Gabriella

[liz_heading32]

Thanks for all that information.

I was just about to go looking for some of that info but its there already.

What about transfering funds over does anyone reccommend anyone for it ???

[sgilli3]

Hi Liz,
When Elphaba is on the board later she may be able to help you with your question.
She is a little busy at the moment, so it may not be tonight.
Cheers

[krakdis]

Hey guys, i am trying to figure out how to go about getting a job in Dubai, i am currently working in Pennsylvania and heard from a few friends that Dubai wages seem to be better and later took a vacation trip to Dubai. I have also found that networking is the best way to getting a job in Dubai. Any help or guidance would be much appreciated.

[okos12]

Hi Liz, ABOUT TRANSFERING FUNDS. Once you are in Dubai you can open an account. We have one at National bank of Dubai and you can wire funds to any other account you or anybody has. It costs $35 and it usually takes about 12 hours to get it. You will need the routing number of the bank you want to wire too and the account number and personal info. In Dubai the routing number is called "Banks swift code" and the address of the bank you are wiring too. The $35 is the same regardless of how much or how little cash you wire. We have done this many times and it works flawless, but you will need a bank account in Dubai. If you are going and want to have cash, from the U.S. you may take out as much as $10,000 and change it upon arrival in Dubai. It is my experience that you can pay with U.S. $ just about everywhere, and certainly in big grocery stores or department stores. Gabriella

Own the power to control your destiny.

[okos12]

Getting a job in Dubai. You might try: dubai dunkey . com
but make sure you have a very good idea about how much your rent is going to be. JBR l bdr. is over a 100,000 AED for 12 month, paid by 2 checks, and Dubai is expensive, especially transportation, unless you have a car.

[liz_heading32]

Hey okos12

Thanks for that but I have being told that if I do a bank to bank transfer I will get a terrible exchange rate and lose out on allot of money over a couple of transfer's ,

Do you not use a foreign exchange company to transfer money??

I was hoping to see if anyone could recommend a company that does that?????

Thanks anyway...

[Elphaba]

Originally Posted by liz_heading32

Hey okos12

Thanks for that but I have being told that if I do a bank to bank transfer I will get a terrible exchange rate and lose out on allot of money over a couple of transfer's ,

Do you not use a foreign exchange company to transfer money??

I was hoping to see if anyone could recommend a company that does that?????

Thanks anyway...

Er, your questions were answered in the thread.

Forex companies offer better rates for transfers of GBP 10,000 (or equivalent) or over.

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