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I would be looking to do something fairly undemanding while I consider a career change. My husband will obviously be earning the bulk of our income. My background is in sales and training. I thought I could do some sort of customer service role. Is this type of work available and how much does it p...

I still don't get it. You worked there since 8 months ago but they haven't been paying your salary? Or you have resigned 8 months ago but they haven't paid your salary/gratuity? Or what? I believe GBM is a big company, it was one of my previous company's vendor to deliver IBM POS/machines. Are you s...

If it's for long term (>12 months) generally it's cheaper to buy a new one and then resell at the end or at least before the warranty ends. Especially with Japanese cars.

there is an awesome doctor at Belhoul Hospital at Dhiafa area. He is a good ENT specialist. Second it. I brought my 2.5 yo daughter to him for ear drum infection treatment (which apparently common to children). He's very good, patient, and would explain everything we asked. I don't remember his nam...

Ok, got his name: Dr Michel Szalay

Than to waste all of my savings to nothing (and a bit inspired by rich locals), I'm thinking of taking a couple of hundred thousands Dhs loan from the bank (my current bank is NBD) and invest on properties (ex: small student flats) in my home town. Is now a good time to take loan from the bank? Woul...

One of my wish to buy and convert a big bus to become a house.

Anywhere in Dubai city for 3 BR apt would be expensive. You need to dig at least 100-120K/year. So what's your budget? Is 3 BR a must? Where do you/spouse would work?

Does changing job and getting raise from one country to another country count? Or only within Dubai? For the last 3 jobs (3 countries), I stayed no more than 12-18 months each. Not because I like moving around (basically I'm loyal), but because the condition were not good or the project was cancelle...

By the way, is annual raise common in Dubai? Is it in the govt regulation (say at least same as inflation if any) or only company can decide?

1. No idea if flats will still increase in value. I see the least downward potential in detached villas and in low rise apartment buildings due to a lack of supply In my home country, Indonesia, especially in big cities such as Jakarta, I see an open market for low rise apts/flats just like in Duba...

gill670 wrote:so what are the more reasonable areas?

As I said, there's no place in Dubai that is cheap and reasonable. That's the truth. You might probably get a little cheaper in Sharjah.

By my calculations I'll need to budget at least AED150,000 for reasonably decent family accommodation, in other words at least half my salary, and about twice my monthly mortgage payments in the UK. That's a bit miscalculation, perhaps you were looking to those overpriced 3-4 bedrooms apartments/vi...

i just got my permanent residency there and i have to land within the next 2 weeks I'm interested to know more on this matter (procedure, how long, pass mark, total costs, residency categories, your nationality if you don't mind, etc) as I have plan in 5 years to migrate to Canada (wish to get new/...

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CANADIANLEAFNATION wrote:I need help.... I have heard some horror stories with hospitals in Dubai...
Can someone recommend a good hospital and a good family doctor.
Thanks

What horror stories? You have the proof or source of information?
So far I have no problem going to Belhoul European Hospital in Dhiyafa road, Satwa.

If you have Showtime or e-Vision pay TV, I believe you need to subscribe a la carte programs like Al Jazeera Sports +1 and +2. I'm not sure though it airs MotoGP (I'm out of Dubai at the moment). I subscribed those two to watch football (Serie A and Champions League). And the best thing is they ofte...

Cool, thanks for this. Will need to check them out. And what about other than 'legal' :twisted: sources?? I miss my home country, Indonesia. Everything is free there (even no satellite dish required): Serie A, English PL, Spanish League, Bundesliga, Champions League, UEFA Cup, Boxing, MotoGP, Formu...

Alternatively, if you have high speed broadband, sometimes you may get lucky also to watch your favorite programs by way of internet streaming. To watch them, some channels requires Windows Media Player, others requires specific programs such as TVAnts, Sopcast, PPMate, PPStream. Some streaming webs...

Does anyone know a "company" to provide visit visa sponsorship/services? How much approximately the service fee?
This is to accommodate my friend's second entry (in-out-in within 2 weeks time) to Dubai. Unfortunately she is not eligible for visa-on-arrival or visa run (due to nationality).

All of her days in Dubai, she will stay in our apartment. I guess only med-big hotels (with minimum number of nights) provide this kind of services. The problem is that the hotels in Dubai are very expensive. She could spend at least 3000 AED + visa services for a week. That's worth 2 return tickets...

scot1870 wrote:Can't the company you work for do it? Mine processes it for those in need and just charges the visa fees to the employees.

I wouldn't want to mix between business and personal, but I'll check with them. Thanks.

2 things you can try, 1. Most any travel agency has a 'visa run' divisions, between 300 and 1000 depending on her passport , mode of transport, destination, etc. she should be able to get a visa, the fact that it is back to back from her last one shouldn't matter. 2. I'm guessing you did her first ...

Concord wrote:Just marry her and she can get visa thru you

LOL. Yep, that's right. My wife will punch me in the face. In fact she is my wife's friend.

The other alternative of course is to subscribe to Motogp.com and watch the races from the net. Although, they only show it live (from what I know) and you can't replay them. Forget to mention that those stream links I provided above are all FREE. And there's always someone kind enough to upload th...

Okay safe to assume she is not from one of these countries, so the second thing is a visa run that is sponsored by a tourist company(maybe I should have been more clear) this is what the Pilipino, Indian, Chinese, Russian etc. population do that aren't from the lucky 33 they fly to kish, take a boa...

I had my daughter vaccinned at Belhoul European hospital when I brought her to Dubai when she was 8 months old (now she's almost 3 yo). She had few vaccines earlier according to the plan we had when she was born in Indonesia. For first year, there are quite many in fact. Unfortunately vaccine is not...

Sorry to hijack the thread.

What about good and reputable US/EU university/business schools, which have representatives/campuses/exam centers in Dubai, that offer distance learning for MBA/EMBA programs?

I don't go to fancy restaurants much. Somehow I prefer regular restaurants or even street hawkers (if exist). Does it count? - Lemongrass (the restaurant or food stall at Ibn Battuta mall). Tasty Thai foods, even better than what I had when living in Bangkok. - Al Mallah restaurant (Dhiyafah road). ...

I love Chinese food. But Chinese food in Dubai are all suck, so I can't recommend one. China Sea - obviously for chinese - clock tower roundabout Many would agree on this one :) There you have it now. Let's see if it's a real Chinese food, not Indian-Chinese or Filipino-Chinese food. No offense ;) ...