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Mortgages are getting tighter in dubai Soul. Some are stil offering 90% but mainly to Locals. Expats can get 80/85% if they are lucky but the norm in reality is around 75-80%. A 3E would fetch around 2.5m making a 20% deposit of 500k Regarding appts strangely enough i pm'd someone this today, it re...

i know you can drive in abu dhabi with a dubai or sharjah DL too. i am asking about if one can OBTAIN a DL from Abu dhabi if the residence visa is from Dubai. Seems the others can't figure out what you're asking. It used to be posssible to do what you want to do back in 2003 (which I did). But not ...

i understand the question, just don't see what difference it makes in the "big scheme of things". it's hardly as if the driving test is really easier in one or ther other ... It is a matter of convenience. His issue might be he wants to take lessons in AD instead of having to come to Duba...

dbxsoul wrote:point taken, but is it not possilbe to take lessons in one place and take the test in another??

He wouldn't be able to get a learner's permit either. I have friends with Sharjah visas turned away from EDI.

The work visa does not get automatically cancelled even after two whole years of absconding?

Thanks Dee Dee. I'm a copywriter. I almost landed a gig at a "big one" in media city about a year and a half ago. The fit wasn't quite right though. I love it in Dubai and would like to ply my trade as a copywriter over there. How difficult is it to land a job as a writer? Here in Ontario...

sage & onion wrote:

scarlet wrote:Spammer Spammer - can't you even make it sound less like spam.

Mods - can we set up a testimonials thread

To who?

To you

I think those After Dark peeple wanted Dhs 1800 just to cover the front bumper and a bit of the hood with film

It used to be posssible to do what you want to do back in 2003 (which I did). But not any more, because I have friends who got turned away in the same situation as you. The rules have changed, but seems you have found a way with this form. Good luck finding this form! dude your the smartest guy on ...

Try Small. You don't need all that slack.

Cybix wrote:What about a 2007 Mazda3 2.3L Turbo Hatchback, how much total?

Galadari won't touch that if you need maintenance. Their techs never saw a turbo in their entire lives.

Not with this page.

But where the hell did you get a 16 mb connection?

Your prices are VERY high dude. I just bought a GCC-spec 2002 V8 SUV in great condition for a little more than that. With an engine too.

the Burj was removed from licence plates in 2003, when the Saudi's got pissy. Why was that Arnie? :? resembled the christian cross saudis are a bit anal about that Slavery, gambling, sexism, excessive waste of food are all fine according to them but when it comes to other religions, suddenly they b...

Hi, I'm in my final year of university and writing my dissertation on exploited children. I've heard conflicting repotrs about whether child jockeys are still used in camel races in Dubai. Does it still go on? If so, does anyone know which race courses/tracks I could find it? I'm keen to get some p...

how often do they randomly open mail-order material in your real-life experience? Would they actually follow up with calls to my employer, etc., or just confiscate the material? When I order model cars from USA, only some of the boxes get held back, if they suspect "something." You go to ...

Yer right - if you say so.

Jamal wrote:ppl is bringin in ho's an tricks into the country

dont worry a book aint gonna do a thing
you can bring it with you.

You're half-correct, homie. You can bring ho's an tricks into the country, but you cannot bring certain books.

If they somehow hear about you trying to leave the country, they will lodge the case earlier and stop you at the airport. Otherwise you can leave with no one stopping you. The bank will probably never believe that you will pay from outside the country (since leaving with huge loans is a common scam ...

One-bedroom for 5k would be a pushing your luck in any of the established non-"luxury" areas, but you can get a 1-bd at International City for less than 5k a month, with an easy drive to the airport too.

Since you have moderate expectations, 14k is good money for a single guy.

Some of you guys seem to never venture out of Utopia, also known as New Dubai.

arniegang wrote:around 20k plus benefits

Arnie you cheapskate. My kids will not work for less than 30k plus villa housing.

P.S. Kids don't work here. Indian visit-visa workers do. Find a few and haggle the price.

thanks guys , is it even a good starting pay working for the emirates group as a senior engineer? i only have 2 years working experience. i wouldn't want to be lowballed and get con over from US to dubai. pls help me with advise. Hmm, tough one. No one comes here from USA to work for 14k. Do you ma...

yea i make less after tax cause im a fresh graduate =\. ( work experience was together with going to school ) well for a starting pay what do u guys think? bad offer? or how much should they actually pay me? at least for me to relocate to dubai comfortably? and enough to compromise dropping my mast...

dodgeek wrote:

gtmash wrote:Some of you guys seem to never venture out of Utopia, also known as New Dubai.

dude.... i'm certainly not in new dubai...is international city part of new dubai....more like little india.......

talking to the other guys

Take the job; look a new car isn’t everything. Firstly there are some damn decent second-hand 4x4’s (check for the service records), and secondly second-hand vehicles don’t have much resale value in the UAE. On the upside new vehicles are cheaper than in most parts of the world due to the low impor...

sage & onion wrote:

bsorc wrote:Duba is growing way too fast. Isnt such a growth dangerous to the economy?

Can you tell us where is Duba so that we can comment?

I think he means Dibba.

What are the law & consequences specifically for each side (the third man and the wife) even though the husband doesn't report the wife but only the third man? I think you will have a tough time proving your case if you try to report only one party of a two-party crime. Unless you report it as ...

By the way, this from Wikipedia: C is private consumption in the economy. This includes most personal expenditures of households such as food, rent, medical expenses and so on but does not include new housing. So Arnie, either you plagiarised Wikipedia without crediting your source, or... you wrote...

Hehe, the funny part is Maktoob is purely junk traffic. I know this from a major ad agency manager (and it is rather obvious from browsing their site). Selling property and cars to people who simply log on to check their email, chat with young men/women and read about sports? As I hear it, they cont...