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maid to leave country to come in on new visa - where

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 16 March 2011 - 16:13

I am arranging a visa for a sri lankan girl who came in on a tourist visa.
The new visa has been issued, but she has to leave the country as she came in on a tourist visa, and re enter on the new visa. Where can she go? Although it will be a straightforward journey out and back on the next plane, most countries require a visa to get on the plane. Is Kish still operating?

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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 16 March 2011 - 17:27
Anyone have any ideas? Can she drive over the border at Hatta and come straight back in? No I don't think she can - I think if she came on a tourist visa she has to exit and be out of the country for 30 days before coming back in on her new visa. Do check this though - my housemaid came in on a visit visa and I changed it at immigration to a work visa and just paid there and then to make the change - she did not have to exit the country but I think a tourist visa is different.....
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 16 March 2011 - 17:21
kish is still operating, but if the paperwork isnt forthcoming quickly they can be stranded for months.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 16 March 2011 - 17:16
What status is her new visa? Is it a work visa? I thought that for certain countries if you came in on a tourist visa you had to be out of the country for 30 days before you could return on any other visa. Would be interested to find out the answer as well.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 16 March 2011 - 16:55
Anyone have any ideas? Can she drive over the border at Hatta and come straight back in?
 
 

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