Did you have one of these clauses in your Expat Assignment Contract?

am stuck on the "how can you sign a rental contract without a residency visa" to be honest..... This whole thread has more holes than a collinder!! My husband had a visa when he signed the lease. Where did I say he did not?

Thank you all. And yes, we do make our own decisions. But we like to do so being informed, having gathered real life information from people who have been on or are on assignment. Hence, all I wanted to know from you was [u'>whether this was a standard clause[/u'> - whether you had it in your contract or not. That's all you need to advise. Quite simple really. If you have an issue with me going round and round - though I don't think I've asked this question before because until last night, in all the documentation we'd received there had never been a clause like this - then the solution really is quite simple. [b'>Click the next thread button and move on![/b'>

Thank you all for your feedback. We have learned this afternoon it is also a standard paragraph in our company's assignment contracts and as someone pinted out, the GFC was probably the catalyst. His internal mentor has this afternoon told him that yes, we've had a lousy time, but if he were in the same boat, he would sign the contract and go. The commpany is not at risk. It is a household name with record profit in the last quarter and a share price that is higher than it's been in the last 10 years. Fair suck of the sav QF... We are not stupid. Do you think we did this on a whim? His company were telling us back in April we needed to come do the look-see and get rental accommodation. Before we'd even been advised of the assignment allowances! We refused. We waited till they gave us [b'>all [/b'>the allowances [b'>in writing[/b'> and a 75 page assignment booklet outlining all their assignment policies and provisions. We even renegotiated some of the out of pocket expenses that were not covered by the allowances or policies, and had that [b'>in writing[/b'> too from someone very senior. That has now been rescinded. Then, at their urging, in June, looked for rental accommodation and did not sign a lease before getting it [b'>in writing[/b'> from their HR dept [b'>NUMEROUS [/b'>times and verbally NUMEROUS times, that we were OK to do that. It is not a new company. He has been with them for many years since they headhunted him from somewhere else. Up until the last 6 months, we have had no reason to distrust them or not take them at their word - be it verbal or written - which in this case, it was both. For clarity, I need to state that the paragraph quoted in the OP only refers to the allowances and clauses covering his assignment in Dubai, [b'>not [/b'>his total remuneration package which will continue to be paid back in Australia. <em>edited by Buy me a Pony on 27/07/2011</em>