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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Rubbiish(m): 6:46pm On Dec 09, 2019
AwkaetitiBabe:
Lemme dust my passport
Lol
Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by able20(m): 6:46pm On Dec 09, 2019
Charlesdonald:
how can one get a US visa
Just twit Trump tell him you belong to the Twitter family and that you're a liar to some extent The visa approval will be twitted to you in Nigeria

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Nobody: 6:48pm On Dec 09, 2019
There is no way in hell i am setting foot on that Dusty over hyperboled Achaic dessert, After they tried to lock me up for drinking beers and tried to chat up an Arab hoe.

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Nwogeh: 6:48pm On Dec 09, 2019
Nice story....
Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by SIRTee15: 6:51pm On Dec 09, 2019
Champagnemami:


There's no permanent anything here.
The longest contract you get is 3years after which it can be renewed.

You're free to date and marry and have kids.

Your employers would tell you if they wanna keep your passport or not.

Imagine you're working where you had access to huge sums and your passport wt you. What stops you from handing over the cash to your cohort and fleeing the country?

These employers are just tryna err on the side of caution and i tell you no one would hold your passport against your will. If you decide after 3 months to leave any job, your passport would be returned. But your employer would report you, and you'll be placed on a work ban

Thank God for the opportunity that enabled u enter UAE as an expatriate....
Possibly because u applied from a western country....
Modern slavery is real in UAE.....
They don't have regard for blue collar job and don't value people in such occupations....

And yes there are migrant workers in middle east- they are those guys packed in the numerous overcrowded hostels located in construction sites....

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Nobody: 6:52pm On Dec 09, 2019
urahara:


What about now that Boris Johnson has started allowing foreigners to stay after schooling ?

really undecided, the same Boris Johnson that sound kinda racist

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by naijadrivablog: 6:52pm On Dec 09, 2019
okeyben10:
Brother seun is viewing
The CEO na silent viewer. @Seun
Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Mac2016(m): 6:52pm On Dec 09, 2019
drakeli:
Going to hustle in Dubai comes with a lot of challenges. Be careful about where you house yourself. UAE is a land of bedbugs cheesy grin

After three months of unsuccessful frantic effort to land a job in UAE, I returned to Nigeria with a load of bed bugs and their eggs hiding in every sewing edges of my suitcase without me knowing. Can you imagine bringing bedbugs on a plane with you? I declared a total war on my bedbug infested suitcase the very day I landed. The room where I stayed for the whole three months was an overcrowded room with a lot of double decker beds like a hostel with all their mattresses laden with bed bugs hiding in them.

Although my visit to Dubai was never a waste because it eventually served as a travel experience for me in getting my US visa.

Be warned!!!
Bed bug in abroad?
I doubt if I have even ever seen one in Nigeria all my years...

That one na real abroad undecided
Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by planetx: 6:54pm On Dec 09, 2019
Oyerinde16:

If you wanna travel to Dubai, contact me, you pay when your visa is ready and you land a good job.
Your passport will be retained anyway... So you know from now.
Good job indeed, you present day shysters are not much different from the one's that sold millions of their fellow Africans to the Europeans in exchange for mirrors, gunpowder, rum and whiskey. Anything for that piece of paper called money.

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by silent10(m): 6:56pm On Dec 09, 2019
able20:

Just twit Trump tell him you belong to the Twitter family and that you're a liar to some extent The visa approval will be twitted to you in Nigeria
grin grin grin mean, but funny.
Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by naijadrivablog: 6:56pm On Dec 09, 2019
NONNYG:
Nice thread, I'm really enjoying it. UAE might not be the best country in the world but if you're lucky to have a good job here then you don win jackpot be that.

Meanwhile our 9ja agent has rendered so many people useless here

I remember those days, although a silent reader, where you were jumping on any thread about traveling. grin

From Ghana to Côte D'Ivoire or Libya sef cheesy Thank God say you japa las las cheesy

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Keenmind2019(m): 6:57pm On Dec 09, 2019
francesawesome:
sister I am also a graduate of English Education but I'm in Nigeria. Sis which way?
There's no way. Just marry a rich man

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Spanishmilf(m): 6:57pm On Dec 09, 2019
Charlesdonald:
how can one get a US visa
it on jumia

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Sola15(m): 6:59pm On Dec 09, 2019
CptCharlesVane:
The fact that they keep your passport from you should raise all red flags about the ‘job’ such things should be illegal. OP why don’t you tell us the kind of work you do over there.

Nigeria bad Nigeria bad so people becoming willing to consciously submit themselves to slavery undecided

People should stop breeding like rats in Nigeria to reduce all these unnecessary pressure of ‘taking care of my family abi village’
It's illegal here to hold on to employee's passport, but the reason why employers do it is because they pay so much to get residence visa for the employees and so many employees will flee after getting the residence or either cancel their contract with the company which is a loss to such company

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by drkay(m): 7:00pm On Dec 09, 2019
Champagnemami:


Most job contracts have a 2year duration.
After one year you're entitled to a paid vacation that includes to and fro flight to your home country. Many of this contract require that you work at least a year b4 you can resign.

In my case, I work as a teacher and I can only resign at the end of an academic session.

Anything short of this is a breach, and can result in a work ban.

If your employer refuses to give you your passport and you're able to make a case against him, he can be blacklisted and deported too. The UAE is not that lawless
This is a very good thread for people to know more about UAE, we have a thread on travel section and it’s a very informative thread too. I am a General Practitioner here working offshore.
There was an attempt to hold on to my passport at our corporate office on the ground that I may misplace it cheesy Anyway my passport is with me.

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by NONNYG: 7:00pm On Dec 09, 2019
naijadrivablog:


I remember those days, although a silent reader, where you were jumping on any thread about traveling. grin

From Ghana to Côte D'Ivoire or Libya sef cheesy Thank God say you japa las las cheesy
That wasn't me, probably you're mistaken me for someone else, I was only active in UAE/QATAR thread.

Are you talking about Cutieme?

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by naijadrivablog: 7:01pm On Dec 09, 2019
NONNYG:
That wasn't me, probably you're mistaken me for someone else, I was only active in UAE/QATAR thread.

Maybe but I can't forget your moniker grin

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by sholay2011(m): 7:01pm On Dec 09, 2019
francesawesome:
sister I am also a graduate of English Education but I'm in Nigeria. Sis which way?
lol
Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by NONNYG: 7:03pm On Dec 09, 2019
naijadrivablog:


Maybe but I can't forget your moniker grin
Lol, you can click on my moniker and read all my previous post
Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Gratefulll(f): 7:03pm On Dec 09, 2019
How will they seize my passport?
UAE is only good for vacation abeg.

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Dexpro: 7:03pm On Dec 09, 2019
vicsongreat:
I graduated from a state uni in Nigeria in 2014, served 2015, searched for job from 2015-2017, yet non came except teaching job of 12k per month, I decided to borrow to travel to Dubai, I landed in Dubai on July 2017, got job after 3days of my arrival, I work at an ice factory with 1500aed which is 150k per month. My company did my 2yrs visa for free, gave me accommodation, electricity, water and medical. I only spend on feeding. They were with my passport, Jan this year was my 1yr 6mnths, they booked my vacation flight to Nigeria to and fro, plus 100k pocket money, I spent 2mnths in Nigeria. I returned march, I cancelled from my work place around June, I runned a course called Sira for 5days were I obtained my security and safety certificate and I got a security job that pays me 250k per month now. UAE favoured me abeg. Am greatful to God.

Lucky you.

Btw.....

Pls allow the OP continue nah angry

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by onegig(m): 7:04pm On Dec 09, 2019
CptCharlesVane:
The fact that they keep your passport from you should raise all red flags about the ‘job’ such things should be illegal. OP why don’t you tell us the kind of work you do over there.

Nigeria bad Nigeria bad so people becoming willing to consciously submit themselves to slavery undecided

People should stop breeding like rats in Nigeria to reduce all these unnecessary pressure of ‘taking care of my family abi village’


They won't listen. The greatest problem we have as a collective people is not telling ourselves that having too many kids is a very big drain and can actually limit your progress.

What do you need 4, 5 , 6 kids for ? Maybe in the 80s this was sustainable. There's no way in hell you can sustain, grow a biz with so much kids draining from your resources. And there are people who have multiple kids from multiple women.


The cost of providing for a single school aged kid is an average of 30k , if you have 4 that's 120k already. When you factor in the costs of schooling and providing adequately for them then you are really going to be putting a lot of strain on your finances to the point you would be denying the other kids of any quality of life. Why do you want to put those kids through such misery is what I really can't wrap my head around.

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Ndipe(m): 7:04pm On Dec 09, 2019
All that glitters . . .

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by NONNYG: 7:04pm On Dec 09, 2019
naijadrivablog:


Maybe but I can't forget your moniker grin
i came to UAE in 2016, I created the MALTA thread in 2017 because I needed some information

Where's the screenshot for Ghana, Togo or Libya
Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by urahara(m): 7:05pm On Dec 09, 2019
InvestorO:


really undecided, the same Boris Johnson that sound kinda racist

I was shocked too.
Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by budaatum: 7:05pm On Dec 09, 2019
Biodun1929:


How many years ago was this? I mean when you were Hawking eggs at tollgate.
You trying to work out my age 1929? Lol. It was a very very long time ago when Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was in it's infancy, though I can still remember the buses stopped on my tiny foot as I tried to collect the 20kobo for 3 eggs or a can of coke before they drove off with my money. But don't you tell anyone! People might start thinking I'm older than my 13 years old.

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Uwavee(m): 7:06pm On Dec 09, 2019
I remember one of the course I did while I was in school, where my lecturer talked a little bit about UAE, since then I lost interest. that place is not a place to hustle, it's a place you go to have fun and come back home. if you make it over there and you get a property for yourself, once you die, the property goes to their government. your child can't inherit it neither your family.its not a place for investment or hustle but if can cope with the conditions of hustling, good for you.
Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Biodun1929(m): 7:07pm On Dec 09, 2019
budaatum:

You trying to work out my age 1929? Lol. It was a very very long time ago when Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was in it's infancy, though I can still remember the buses stopped on my tiny foot as I tried to collect the 20kobo for 3 eggs or a can of coke before they drove off with my money. But don't you tell anyone! People might start thinking I'm older than my 13 years old.

smiley

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by idonhammer: 7:07pm On Dec 09, 2019
Make more inquiry from his igbo friends, he might be cooling off in almaragabat jail in abudhabi or alswahan jail..

trueking:
A friend of mine is in Dubai, I know he has overstayed his visa, he was working and he told me his employer has his passport, we used to chat on WhatsApp, all of a sudden nothing from the guy again, even the line sef s not going through anymore, I hope all is well with him. I know he was staying with some Ibo guys like that.

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Kufie(m): 7:09pm On Dec 09, 2019
So sad that Champagnemami couldn’t finish this thread in peace and has probably unfollowed the topic.

Lionlee216 and others who felt they had negative things to contribute are very irresponsible people. This is her story, go and write about yours too.

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Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by budaatum: 7:13pm On Dec 09, 2019
Kufie:
So sad that Champagnemami couldn’t finish this thread in peace and has probably unfollowed the topic.

Lionlee216 and others who felt they had negative things to contribute are very irresponsible people. This is her story, go and write about yours too.
You drive too fast. The op is hopefully grateful for interest and contributions to her thread and we are learning here that people have different experiences in Dubai.

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