For a long time I have been considering purchasing an apartment in Dubai... with the hope of getting a residence visa. I am American and worked in Dubai for 3 years and was of course on an employment-sponsored visa. Now I'd like to get one based on ownership of property. However, recently Gulf News ...
June 6: Buyers get residency http://www.gulfnews.com/Nation/Immigration_and_Visas/10218957.html June 23: Nope http://www.gulfnews.com/Nation/Immigration_and_Visas/10223351.html It mentions buyers being granted a 1 or 2 month visa: ""The visa will have various privileges in line with the si...
My wife and I lived in Dubai from 2005-07 and I sponsored her. I have our US marriage certificate attested by the US county, US state, US State Dept (in Washington DC) as well as the UAE Embassy in the USA. This was all done in late 2004 and accepted for her visa. I have the documents here. Will thi...
I am outside the UAE and my Wasel is going to expire before I return. It seem you can renew online, but I need to add credit to the account first and international credit cards are "temporarily not possible". Any ideas? Also does someone have a number for Etisalat? Their website lists: 009...
I have not lived in the UAE in a year so don't really have anyone I can call there... but I want to keep my phone active as I travel in the region a lot.