Consulate saga...a bit long

So we used to have an Indian maid for the longest time during our last posting and wanted to call her to Dubai now. I checked the procedure with Housemaids Helpline no. at the Indian Embassy in Abu dhabi and was a bit taken aback to learn about the tedious procedure and sp. the part about aed 9000 deposit with Consulate in Dubai (in addition to the fee and deposit with Dubai Immig). Decided to go ahead anyway. Got her visa and told her to prepare to come here. Braced ourselves for a hectic morning of racing between Ministries and queuing for photocopies and attestations. Went to IC in BurDubai for copy of labour contract that had to be typed and attested. Found out that since we were not Indians, we needed an approval from New Delhi, India. Sounded crazy but we carried on. Few days later I called to check and was told by visa dude that he had seen some communication re our application and it had been rejected! Details with the lady in charge. Lady in charge, very defensive, said there was no reason provided in writing, no recourse and could not return my docs nor show me the rejection stamp. I went to her boss the First Officer who promised to look into the matter. Later said there was no reason for rejection provided and I could check with New Delhi Protectorate of Immigrants. Spoke to a bewidered officer at POI in India who said they had received nothing from Dubai and never do as this has nothing to do with them anyway. Just what I thought!

I went one step up in heirarchy to Consul-Labour who promised to look into the matter and then started avoiding my calls. Went to see him and caught him unawares. Said (and must have later regretted) that actually only Indian and UAE nationals may call in maids from India. So our 'application' was never really sent to India and the chapter was pretty much decided internally and immediately. And that was pretty much that.

Needless to say...I am furious!

1. at the run around given to me (was even advised to call India!!),
2. wasted visa fee
3. for want of a better phrase, the racism
4. maid in India, left her job, moved back to hometown, put her kids in relatives' care to prepare to come
5. had arranged to let go of current maid, got her a nice juicy job lined up

Aaaarrgghhh....at no time was I asked my Nationality when I called the Housemaids helpline no in AbuDhabi for the procedure/fee etc. And I called 3-4 times as I had a few qs about their long-winded paperwork requirement. And infact after it all ended I called them again and asked the same question. Again the same info was given to me as a month ago. But this time I prompted the man that I was not an Indian National to which he said so what? the procedure was same for all and that complete info was on their website.

Do I have any recourse on this?