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Hi all, My husband is an american citizen working for now in USA . He is a construction project manager with a Good education level (MS) in civil engineering and 9 years experience . He got a job offer in dubai from a good company(we only knew that it is a good company by searching online) but we ar...

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Thank you for your replay .. do you mean he should be sent to work in dubai through an american company so that he can avoid paying taxes!!

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It is nice to know that you are american too ... We really wish to improve our financial situation by accepting that offer as it is impossible to save money in Usa . I will try to ask about tax issue in law forums hope they will help As an american citizen working there ..do you think that financial...

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Thanx guys for replaying .
I am still just wondering if The american citizen by usa Tax law has to pay anual Taxes even if he will work overseas !!!
Huh ..Just I can not imagine that the Tax ghost will follow us to Dubai too

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I just got an answer guys through a law forum .
American citizen has to pay tax overseas .but he can exclude up tp 80.000 of his salary without Taxes

Umass

Why you did not say so from the beginning . :lol: My husband is not an adventurer at all ..I am keep pushing him to go to dubai and he always make up excuses about it may not be the right step for us . so now we cleared the Tax part ..let us waitand see what new excuse he will come up with :twisted:

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They have nice ,good Air conditioners ..do they!!
so That excuse is solved too. men men men

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What a great news : lacking of strip bars!!

poor husband

pumpkin : You do not need to file a tax just tell them that you are not working (Now i am an expert )

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Thank you all ,The information that you gave are very helpful. We are both still in early 30ss and we do not have children yet ,that is why we thought it will be a good opportunitiy to go to dubai and make some money (we can control spending money as we already saved a good amount of it and bought a...

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. Well now you are just going to have to learn to have a drink at lunch... your in British territory now, and nothing bets a good pint before lunch, after work, before dinner, before sleep, another for the road, hey this one is on me, come on you said one more but not which one! :) :) :D Hey Stainle...

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working condition for an american .... yes it would be better ... but then again ... it depends on what kind of role does he play in the construction schene ... is he an engineer? a Project Manager?, in Procurement?. estimator ? does he Highrise? or roads? well if he's a site engineer .... welll DA...

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correct me if im wrong did you really typed 90,000 US?? if thats the case then better stay there cause i dont think they pay project managers here in dubai that well .... ive heard but really not sure that nakheel pays around 40 -50,000 plus, plus plus plus and whole bunch of plus per month 90.000 ...

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There's a new building going up next to where I work, it's massive and they are completing nearly 2 floors a week!!! That's how quick and hard these guys work here. :shock: Well that is too fast ...They can finish building the whole country within 1 one year and then no construction comapny will be...

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Liban : Are you originally from Lebanon !!! coz the word Liban is almost similar to the word Lebanon in Frensh !!!

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I wish they will build there Disney land ...I love it

. So my husband can work for them and I can get free access to it

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What a surprise

. I never thought I am that smart

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Lucky my husband ,he got married to me

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And of course then you would think of your buddy Liban and sneek him in [/quote] :lol: :lol: It will be my pleasure All of Dubai is turning into Disneyland...what with underwater hotels and rotating villas...not to mention they've planned it as such by giving theme park names like Dubailand, Sports ...

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Thank you for the Taxes link it is very helpful .
Well ..we are scared to take our final decision about moving to Live in Dubai . It is not easy to leave our house and it may be risky to make husband leave his job in Usa

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we went to Newport (Rhod Iland -New Ingland) In Usa Charming town with great beach and Historical Mansions.. But I had an argument about road directions while driving there with dear husband and then we got so Mad from each other and he drove back to our house ...We had to pay for the Newport hotel ...

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Drinks always seem to be on me. :wink: But hey, nothing like a good body shot. :D It's true that drinking is part of normal life in Dubai... Boy you should see this place during Ramadan! I never heard so many whiney people in my life Drinks on you and Nargileh on us :lol: as it is very popular duri...

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Pumpkin Escobar wrote:The States is still the best place in the world, especially Texas But it is fun to get out and see the world now and then. Me, I plan on living on beach in Brazil soon.

I prefer living in New England area (Usa) .
Are goign to invite us to your island in Brazil !!!!!

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My Husband today gave his new excuse about not going to live in Dubai . In his opinion as faR as he is having an okay salary in USA then it is not worth to move there as salaries in Dubai does not look that attractive regarding construction filled and as it is very difficult to move to a new life an...

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You're losses are minimal (if any). You're potential gains could be great. I agree ... or does hubby check the bathwater with a thermometer before climbing in? - Stuart [/quote] He always calculate his steps, Which is good . But in my opinion it is not good to be careful all the time ..sometimes yo...

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By the way, I'm also in my 30's and no children :D Nice to meet you on line . Hope we will meet you someday in Dubai too:D But then that's just my opinion and I'm sure there are plenty of people who would disagree with me? Does anybody think - compared with other places - that Dubai is a difficult ...

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I agree with you Stuart BUT I can tell you that coming from America, where you are taught all your school years (including some college!) that the Middle East is this big scary place where that really horrible religion that create terrorist live and you risk getting your head cut off and you wife w...

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"FeiPo" Live with it and respect his decision. He knows what he is doing, he is the one that got the job offer not you. [/quote] mAJOR pAIN this is so true ....i wish all ladies would be like you fiepo !!!!! you should let your man handle his job because its his job at the first place ... and he's ...

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Looking forward for meeting you there mAJOR pAIN .
Best wishes

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Why is this thread so popular?

Coz the writing style trough all the thread 's posts are so friendly and all the forum's ppl are so kind and always welcome the new members and take care of them well.

Umass

Hi,
Do you think that learning and knowing the local langauge in Dubai(writing and reading) is an extra you can add to your professional"s Resume!! Or simply the Hiring companies do not care about that option !!

Thank you

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knowing the Local Language ,is it an extra on CV !!

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