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spongemonkey
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28/04/2012 15:42:26
So - I went, was very quiet - the actual " in the PO office" was about 5 mins. I had checked with Eida that they were open today and she said yes. Attacked via Emirates Road but got detoured on the way home by Mirdiff City Centre 
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DesertBoot
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28/04/2012 14:36:45
busybee2 wrote: DesertBoot wrote: busybee2 wrote:
if you id card has been delivered to a post office far away, you can ask for it to be delivered to the post office of your choice, it may take them 3 days or so, but you can do that, there is no need to have to drive half way to saudi to collect it. It would have been faster to drive there than the time I wasted sitting on the phone that never answered. i thought you could do it on the eida website etc.
and that would be such an efficient transaction......
she has never been asked for it in the two years she has had one, so I'm not sweating about it.
edited by DesertBoot on 28/04/2012
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busybee2
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28/04/2012 14:24:43
DesertBoot wrote: busybee2 wrote:
if you id card has been delivered to a post office far away, you can ask for it to be delivered to the post office of your choice, it may take them 3 days or so, but you can do that, there is no need to have to drive half way to saudi to collect it. It would have been faster to drive there than the time I wasted sitting on the phone that never answered.
i thought you could do it on the eida website etc.
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DesertBoot
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28/04/2012 14:06:16
busybee2 wrote:
if you id card has been delivered to a post office far away, you can ask for it to be delivered to the post office of your choice, it may take them 3 days or so, but you can do that, there is no need to have to drive half way to saudi to collect it.
It would have been faster to drive there than the time I wasted sitting on the phone that never answered.
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chirpy80
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28/04/2012 12:34:03
I got to a SMS to say my card was ready for collection at Deira Post Office, was planning on going to pick it up but then DH phoned to say that they had been delivered to his office's PO Box and he had them.
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busybee2
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28/04/2012 11:58:28
spongemonkey wrote: emmess wrote: spongemonkey wrote:
so are PO open on a sat? When we phoned the number on the form for ours, we were told Sun-Thurs to pick up ID's. Different PO though. Oh I better check - called Emirates Post - think you are probably right!
in abu dhabi the post office is open on a saturday suspect it should be the same for dubai, but if you go to the central post office to collect in abu dhabi the counter for id cards may not be manned, if you go for example to a sub post office there is only 1 or 2 people in there anyways so you can collect anytime.
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busybee2
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28/04/2012 11:57:20
if you id card has been delivered to a post office far away, you can ask for it to be delivered to the post office of your choice, it may take them 3 days or so, but you can do that, there is no need to have to drive half way to saudi to collect it.
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spongemonkey
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28/04/2012 10:42:26
emmess wrote: spongemonkey wrote:
so are PO open on a sat? When we phoned the number on the form for ours, we were told Sun-Thurs to pick up ID's. Different PO though.
Oh I better check - called Emirates Post - think you are probably right!
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Di@DXB
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28/04/2012 10:33:00
and they wonder why thousands of cards remain uncollected!
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DesertBoot
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28/04/2012 10:11:12
They sent my maid's ID to be collected at Al Ghayathi from AD - only about half way to Saudi........it's still sitting there.
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emmess
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28/04/2012 10:10:50
spongemonkey wrote:
so are PO open on a sat?
When we phoned the number on the form for ours, we were told Sun-Thurs to pick up ID's. Different PO though.
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spongemonkey
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28/04/2012 10:07:19
AnonDubai wrote: spongemonkey wrote:
so are PO open on a sat? Yes, they are. It is funny because we received the maid's ID card in the mail.
That's it - just rub it in!
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spongemonkey
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28/04/2012 10:06:57
It is..in case anyone else ever wants to know this!
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AnonDubai
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28/04/2012 10:06:34
spongemonkey wrote:
so are PO open on a sat?
Yes, they are. It is funny because we received the maid's ID card in the mail.
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spongemonkey
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28/04/2012 10:00:31
It says this on the website:
Diera Post Office
07:30 - 21:00
but no days....
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spongemonkey
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28/04/2012 09:59:52
so are PO open on a sat?
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spongemonkey
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28/04/2012 09:59:29
Pomegranate wrote: spongemonkey wrote:
It says on the text all you need is the paper receipt! Let's face it - many people here would just send their DRIVER - that's what the system is built on........... Yes, that's why we waited for an hour for collect, some people came in with *hundreds* of receipts 
Oh no............
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AmyAus82
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28/04/2012 09:58:00
spongemonkey wrote:
It says on the text all you need is the paper receipt! Let's face it - many people here would just send their DRIVER - that's what the system is built on...........
I just thought about that as I went away, I was trying to remember if my ILs collected or sent the driver and I'm pretty sure the driver did the collection. For mine they did ID me, though (but that was a home delivery so may be different as it was probably the post offices' safety that they'd delivered it to the right person rather than EIDAs requirement).
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Pomegranate
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28/04/2012 09:55:00
spongemonkey wrote:
It says on the text all you need is the paper receipt! Let's face it - many people here would just send their DRIVER - that's what the system is built on...........
Yes, that's why we waited for an hour for collect, some people came in with *hundreds* of receipts
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spongemonkey
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28/04/2012 09:54:45
Pomegranate wrote: spongemonkey wrote: It's not even for me - it's for my maid. Pop her on the metro and get her to do it herself if its such a hassle for you to get there yourself! 
She's on vacation! Argh - scared they will return it to a big black pit somewhere..........
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spongemonkey
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28/04/2012 09:54:04
It says on the text all you need is the paper receipt! Let's face it - many people here would just send their DRIVER - that's what the system is built on...........
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AmyAus82
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28/04/2012 09:50:49
spongemonkey wrote:
and NO I did not choose it!!!!!
I bet you didn't - I don't think anyone in their right mind would have! I agree with the Aramex idea, they are great and for the little money you pay you save lengths of your time and sanity! (I just hope they will let them collect it for you and don't ask for your proof of ID or the Maids).
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Pomegranate
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28/04/2012 09:48:14
spongemonkey wrote: It's not even for me - it's for my maid.
Pop her on the metro and get her to do it herself if its such a hassle for you to get there yourself!
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spongemonkey
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28/04/2012 09:46:51
It's not even for me - it's for my maid.
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spongemonkey
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28/04/2012 09:44:48
I think I am going to get Aramex to do it for me ( they are a bargain - discovered this recently!) .. I don't really like going very far over the Creek!
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emmess
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28/04/2012 09:43:52
That's crazy! I think they just don't care. We applied for ours (together) and had to pick up a few weeks ago - DH and the 3 kids had theirs sent to Karama, mine was sent to Dubai Media City? Can't even imagine why.
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AnonDubai
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28/04/2012 09:41:06
But it's totally worth a trip, SM. You can stop at the Abu Hail Center along the way and order an abaya.
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spongemonkey
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28/04/2012 09:39:06
Eh no takes much longer than 30 mins ...! Unless I go overland via Emirates Road and attempt a turn off before the Solid Waste Dumping area...
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Monkey Face
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28/04/2012 09:34:32
Do you live in another emirate? That's what, 30 minutes away max from anywhere in Dubai?
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spongemonkey
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28/04/2012 09:31:07
and NO I did not choose it!!!!!
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