Hi All,
Long story short, my long, long battle with an ex-employer is finished as of yesterday. I got my Labor card canceled, Residency canceled and best of all...PAID! But, through all this crap, through no fault of mine, my residency had expired in November as well as my Labour card, etc, but because I had a court case, it was all good to work, be here, etc. Neither of us could cancel anything until the court proceedings were finished.
The company PRO and I have been all over town since last Thursday trying to sort this all out, but you can't cancel document X without document Y and you can't get document Y without jumping through hoop "A". Anyway, much to my shock when my residency was canceled yesterday at 1:30 PM, I was given one week to leave! Not 30 days, as my residency had expired (like I said, not my fault, nothing I could do). After arguing with them, I just left DNRD and got my check at the court.
I obviously cannot close out my life in a week, we are planning on leaving in April and making plans for that. It kills me that these idiots have no clauses for people in my position. My case has been "closing next week" for 2 months now. Just because they got around to it yesterday, now I am in panic mode.
In days of olde, I would just do a visa run. the problem is I am here now and the Canadian visit visa laws have kicked in. I cannot apply for a visit visa in the country, so I need to go somewhere, then fly back via Emirates to get the fast/cheap visa. The problem is, no one can tell me if I need to be gone for 30 days, or if the exclusion does not apply, as I currently do not have a visit viusa, but am on a grace period.
So here is the dilemma, I am looking to go somewhere in the next few days for at least a week, but MAYBE 30 days. The criteria is as follows:
-must be warm (I do not have any warm clothes, nor am I in the mood)
-must be cheap (can't be stuck in Europe for a month!)
-Emirates or Etihad must fly there
So you are asking "why not go visit mum"? She is working, has no holiday time, and I do not want to freeze my nuts off on a desolate farm in Canada. My brother in Houston is traveling, so that is out. No point in going to Australia, as I will drop a fortune in car rentals, etc. and do not want to go ahead of Mrs.DD.
Europe is too pricey (and cold), and I don't know anyone there. I know that narrows it down, but what about Sri Lanka, Philipines, somewhere in Africa? Anyone been somewhere cheap and cool? Some culture or adventure would be nice. Mrs. DD may or may not join me at some point depending on how long I need to be away.