Are you moving to Dubai - this might help

[Duckers]

Originally Posted by sgilli3

Hi sure GA would have a giggle ( GA is a female )

She can work. Her visa will say "Housewife- no permitted to work"...or something along those lines.
She will just need a NOC from you (No Objection Certificate), and then her employer will sort out her employment card. ( she will stay under your sponsorship- which makes changing jobs etc easier)

Thanks for your help - I'll buy you an illegal beer!! Ha Ha
I'm sure my wife will be thrilled that she can actually work after all.
I think she had her heart set on becoming a lady wot lunches!!

Aplolgies to GA!!!!!

[bshah]

WOW that was a very vital bit of information to someone looking at moving to Dubai...
I can bet on that cause I am soon going to one of them too. Well my husband will be moving there as an expat. One of my biggest concerns about moving there is about setting up our house. A lot of thiongs have been taken care of. But what do i do about my funiture. have a few things which we'd like to take with us. Say a couch, bed, tables & bookself. all medium size. what would you recommend? should i ship everything from California or should we come tehre and buy new stuff?? please reply.

Thanks

[**KK**]

If the company is paying for relocation I would bring our things, I prefer to to have some ""home feeling''

Originally Posted by bshah

WOW that was a very vital bit of information to someone looking at moving to Dubai...
I can bet on that cause I am soon going to one of them too. Well my husband will be moving there as an expat. One of my biggest concerns about moving there is about setting up our house. A lot of thiongs have been taken care of. But what do i do about my funiture. have a few things which we'd like to take with us. Say a couch, bed, tables & bookself. all medium size. what would you recommend? should i ship everything from California or should we come tehre and buy new stuff?? please reply.

Thanks

[rick9999]

Originally Posted by Tiny

Hi everyone

My family are hoping to move to Dubai with a work opportunity in Feb 09. My husband will be working at the Aiport. From the advice I have seen on various websites it is best to try and find accomodation beside your place of work. What would be your views on housing around the Airport area? Obviously he would be able to travel some distance but i dont yet know what traffic is like around this area....i know its bad....but is it bad all over? Also i have read in the Explorer that there is a metro being built with links to the aiport. is this complete?

Also where is JBR? is that Jumeirah? My husband says he would like to look at living there. I am open to looking around, which we defintely will before we move.

Thanks in advance for your time

Oh and also, we are looking to stay in the xclusive hotel apartments for our visit. You may or may not know it.....is this a good idea, location wise to have our base to explore?

Hi Tiny,

I'm also looking to move to Dubai and work at the airport and at the moment negotiating with the employer but really don't know what to ask for. I read through the forum and find it very interesting with lots of valuable information however I was wondering if you may share some details of your husband's package with me. So far I know that your accommodation allowance is around 210K. Because these information might be only useful to me therefore I would appreciate if you can send your response to my email address at my username at ymail com

Thanks

[Derek123]

Does anyone know if you need to sit an entrance exam for primary school, my daughter is 5 yrs old and we are looking to come out in Jan/Feb. Or it is as long as you pay the money for private school they will accept them!
Aware it might take some time to place her in a school.

[sgilli3]

Yes, most schools will need your daughter to sit an entrance exam.
Its all private schools here ( international schools), and they are not cheap.

Most also have long wait lists or the lists are closed.
You need to have your daughters name down at a few schools ( there is a few- generally a few hundred dhs).

Schools can afford to be picky in who they allow in as there are other people always being added on to the wait list.

[sgilli3]

Originally Posted by rick9999

Hi Tiny,

I'm also looking to move to Dubai and work at the airport and at the moment negotiating with the employer but really don't know what to ask for. I read through the forum and find it very interesting with lots of valuable information however I was wondering if you may share some details of your husband's package with me. So far I know that your accommodation allowance is around 210K. Because these information might be only useful to me therefore I would appreciate if you can send your response to my email address at my username at ymail com

Thanks

Mirdiff is an area, which is not too far from the airport.
Also Rashidiya.

Personally,I think JBR is too far to travel to the airport everyday- you could be stuck in some terrible traffic.

[Derek123]

Thanks for the advice about school's

[rick9999]

Hi Guys,

Can one of you tell me what does 2 B/R hall flat mean? Also want to know if Al Ghusais is a good area?

Thanks

[rick9999]

Hi again,

I found an apartment in Sahara tower in Sharjah. Is it a good area to live and how is commute to Airport?

Thanks