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Hello Ladies, first post and I need advise :-(

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 31 January 2011 - 23:30

We are new here and so far everything has been great :-)
However a friend of ours wants to come to the UAE and has been made an offer from a construction company that is telling him to purchase his own ticket and visa through emirates airlines. They have told him that it will take too long to do it from here and they want him to start work next week. Is this normal, we never paid for our tickets and visa's but he tells us that the company say its normal practice these days??
Please help I am not sure that this isnt a horrible scam :-(

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EW OLDHAND
Latest post on 01 February 2011 - 00:06
Yes, sounds dodgy. Mind you when I came here my first company made me buy my ticket and be on emirates visa and I had been naive enough to do so, but guess what, they had turned out to be super dodgy and my ex boss proved to be extremely far from being trustworthy!
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 01 February 2011 - 00:02
I would hope they have a contract and he likes what they are offering. And, it is with a reputable company. Does it not sound a bit dodgy to anyone else?
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 31 January 2011 - 23:45
thanks Dentro, this is what we thought. My DH has told him this. All we can do as friends is hope that they dont end up having a very expensive unplanned holiday.
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EW OLDHAND
Latest post on 31 January 2011 - 23:38
Not normal practice. The company should purchase his ticket. Additionally it is illegal to work on the emirates visa. The company could also arrange a visit visa, takes a day! But again, no working allowed on that, that is for short business visit (meetings).
 
 

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