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Did anybody’s nanny r maid travel to the Philippines this summer – please answer tonight if u can help me.

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Latest post on 08 October 2012 - 20:33

My nanny goes on leave this week, she needs to get a document from the Philippine embassy called an employment agreement to be allowed to travel back to Dubai

For this Document she needs to have an immigration contract stamped by immigration?

She doesn’t have this

My previous nanny didn’t have one either and managed to travel and get the Document so I don’t know if it’s a new rule?

Did anyone’s nanny or maid get an employment agreement recently from the embassy and what paper work did they need to get it?

Please help me she travels on Thursday!!!!

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Latest post on 10 October 2012 - 21:46

The POLO office is no longer in Al Wuheida area, it is now next door to the Consulate in Al Nahda.

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Latest post on 09 October 2012 - 01:34

Look on the On Expatwoman Today bar on the right - Want to know where the POLO Office is in Dubai

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Latest post on 09 October 2012 - 00:27

where will i find the map for the polo place?

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Latest post on 09 October 2012 - 00:26

ok now im a bit worried, She will go tomorrow and see if she can get it on a AD visa, if not can i get the paper for her while she is away?

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Latest post on 08 October 2012 - 23:31

It's not a new requirement it's been in operation for quite a few years. It's also not the embassy that you go to but the POLO office. There is a map on this website for you. You need to complete the form, pay the fee(of course! sorry can't remember how much it is - not alot from memory) and take the original employment contract that you are given for you and your housemaid to sign from immigration. If you don't have one I would go to your closest immigration office and ask for one taking in all the relevant paperwork you have on her sponsorship. this is for a housemaid with a sponsorship from Dubai - maybe it's different in Abu Dhabi. Without it she will have trouble getting out of Manila to come back to Dubai.

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Latest post on 08 October 2012 - 23:25

Hi There, We had the same problem, helper was not allowd to board the plane from Manila, she needed the new documents...that no one was aware off! Explora maid(04-3587622) on SZRoad, sorted this out for us, (the most well priced of all the agencies) and about three weeks later!!! our Helper was home!! Good Luck!

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Latest post on 08 October 2012 - 23:18

Thanks Ladies i will have a look through the paper work but im pretty sure she didnt have one, she has an Abu Dhabi visa that was sorted out through my husbands company so maybe they have a copy of it? I dont know why she left so late to tell me she needed this paper? Wish me luck for tomorrow!

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Latest post on 08 October 2012 - 23:13

......and please don't say you're being stupid for not knowing. I think you're smart that you're using EW for this!;)

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Latest post on 08 October 2012 - 22:29

......and send the original with her when she does the paperwork.... they dont accept copies..

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Latest post on 08 October 2012 - 22:20

If she is on your sponsorship, then she will definitely have an official contract, (which I think is the Immigration contract), look back through the paperwork you did when you sponsored her. You would have had to fill that in and submit it for her work visa. If she is with an agency, than they should have her contract.

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Latest post on 08 October 2012 - 22:07

The link doesnt really help me at all, What is a immigration contract and where do i get one from?? Maybe im being stupid but can someone please explain this to me?? Thanks

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Latest post on 08 October 2012 - 22:03

She does have a very simple contract that i made myself with working hours, days, salary etc but its nothing official!!

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Latest post on 08 October 2012 - 21:37

http://www.polo-owwadubai.net/how-to-get-an-oec.html Why does your maid not have a contract? <em>edited by CAPTAIN AMERICA !! on 08/10/2012</em>

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