₦airaland Forum

Derende:
You don't need to go through Cotonou for now. You can easily go through Kenya airways from Lagos,Nigeria.
But I will advice anybody coming to search for job to shelve the plans at the moment and exercise patience for the work visa restrictions against Nigerians to be resolved by both government to avoid issues.

Wait, I want to understand you, do you mean that someone can fly from Nigeria to Dubai through Kenya airways now?

Derende:
This is the breakdown of estimated expenses as at today then you can judge from what your uncle is telling you;
3 months tourist visa: 184,000
Flight Ticket : 374,000
Covid test: 76,000
Passport stamping in Cotonou: 20,000
Hotel bill in Cotonou for 3 days: 21,000
Transport from your state to Cotonou and within Cotonou during period of stay: 20,000
Yellow card: 6500
Miscellaneous expenses : 50,000

Total: ₦731,500.

Note: You alone will know the amount of bta you can carry along as your travelling allowance on the day you are travelling to Dubai.
And when calculating your bta to avoid stranding in Dubai after fees weeks of your arrival, this will be your estimated bta;
2 month's rent - 55k *2 - 110,000
2 month's feeding- 45k*2 - 90,000
Agent fee incase you don't land yourself a job within the first one month or two months of your stay- 100,000
Total Bta: 300,000.

You can see that I based the bta you are expected to come along with on a two month calculation reason been that if you eventually get a job within your first month of entering Dubai you can feed easily for the second month with your bta before you are paid your salary and you can conveniently pay your accommodation if your company is not giving you accommodation.
As for the amount budgeted for agent fee in the bta, I don't know your smartness or hustling spirit, if you are tech savvy you can land yourself a job without the help of an agent before your visa expire, so I don't really support the area you paying any agent to get a job when you arrive.
And lastly never you if you must pay an agent money at all for a job pay any money ahead, make sure you are given the job first and you see an offer letter before parting with your hard earned money. If you pay any agent any money when you have not seen a job and you are been scammed OYO will be your second name.
That is my 5 cent to you for now.

Can you be stamp and you travel from Cotonou to Dubai within 3 days