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Latest post on 13 March 2013 - 12:40
You should check out The Greens and The Views too, they are very family friendly and can be a bit cheaper than in the Marina. A very easyt commute to internet city too.
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Latest post on 10 March 2013 - 13:46
Mirdif City Centre is a wonderful shopping mall with Carrefour, Debenhams and loads of other shops. There is also Uptown Mirdif with Spinneys etc. Pools and other amenitites depend on where you chose to live as they tend to be provided by the compound. I don't know the area very well but my impression is that the compounds are smaller than in some areas (like Springs/Meadows) and often owned by one landlord. You could consider living in Silicon Oasis or The Villa too, both not far away.
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Latest post on 10 March 2013 - 13:01
You should be in the left hand lane of the roundabout until just after the exit before the one you want, people who drive round the whole roundabout on the right hand side are in the wrong (at least that is how I interpret it) but I am surprised how many people do stick in the right all the way round. Why have two lanes if you only use one??
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Latest post on 10 March 2013 - 12:33
My favourite is The Mango tree in Souk al Bahar.
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Latest post on 08 March 2013 - 20:36
The vet that we use is Polish, it is The Desert Vets Clinic in Al Quoz. Lovely husband and wife practice and I am sure they'd be open to meet him.
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Latest post on 07 March 2013 - 15:39
Thanks HesterPB, sounds worth it might be worth pursuing!
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Latest post on 07 March 2013 - 12:39
Will the Nad al Sheba site be just for older kids (ie Senior School) or young children too? I have looked online but I can't really see the answer on Kings website!
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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 14:26
There is a new school opening GEMS Wellinton Academy Al Khail, FS1-Year 6/ Call 600 56 7771 www.gemswellingtonacademy-alkhail.com And another one................. Foremarke - a new Prep School, a feeder school for Repton but it's expensive! www.evolvence.com
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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 13:57
I heard yesterday that the GEMS schools are requesting AED2500 to keep every child's place for September and if existing parents don't pay it they will offer the place to someone on the waiting list.
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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 12:34
Khaleel recovered mine when we moved - 050 675 9186
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Latest post on 05 March 2013 - 17:43
I have been driving round JVT today and saw parks/play areas but no pools - does anyone know if there are some planned? Thanks!
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Latest post on 04 March 2013 - 15:01
Also I doubt they would issue another 10 year licence without a valid visa.
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Latest post on 04 March 2013 - 15:01
About 2 weeks.
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Latest post on 04 March 2013 - 15:00
Without a valid UAE visa he should take care as insurance is the issue here. We have friends who have mothballed their 2 cars and rented one while they sort out their residency visas.
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Latest post on 04 March 2013 - 11:31
www.notarypractice.com / 0207433 3338. This is the place we suggest our new employees use. From here we use Genius Attestation www.attestation.in Call 6005 44 444 They collect from our office too. <em>edited by Cornish Pixie on 04/03/2013</em>
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Latest post on 04 March 2013 - 11:24
Dear Cornish Pixie and SoyLatte - you give me hope - and for that I thank you!! But for now - do we submit just passport copy with the latest scanned copy of the visa (before it got 'cancelled' stamp or come clear with the school? I would just send a copy of the old visa but say that your child will have a new visa before school starts. The schools have to provide this information to the ministries but only AFTER the child has started school so you have over 6 months still to go!
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Latest post on 04 March 2013 - 11:20
BEKO have been in the news a lot recently with heaps of warnings - I suggest you get an independent check on all your appliances as there have been some terrible accidents in the UK caused by faulty products. Sorry I hate to scare you but better safe than sorry! http://refsafety.beko.co.uk/ http://metro.co.uk/2011/07/07/beko-forced-fridge-freezer-recall-warning-to-be-removed-from-website-69512/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2286838/Safety-alert-138-000-faulty-Beko-home-appliances-pose-risk-thousands-families.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
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Latest post on 04 March 2013 - 06:10
You won't have to provide the school with a copy of your child's residency visa until the start of the school year, and even then many new pupils do not yet have their visas for a variety of reasons! Don't get yourself too stressed over this yet as hopefully your DH will soon have a new job, or failing that you can sponsor your child - also it isn't complicated at all to have your child on your visa, hopefully your company pro will be able to help.
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Latest post on 27 February 2013 - 11:09
school bus ? This is surely the safest and most cost effective way, the school has to have kids already living in VH.
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Latest post on 23 February 2013 - 16:53
Thanks Cornish Pixie. I did as you said, and got this: "The rent for a Two bedrooms Villa in Springs is in the range 75000 to 110000 AED per year. Your rent is less than or equal to 25% of the average similar rent in the area. So you are not entitled to any increase of rent." What does it mean, does anybody know? Our rent is currently 87k. Thanks. This means that your rent falls within the correct banding for a 2 bedroom Springs villa and that according to the rent calculator your landlord isn't entitled to an increase. However playing devils advocate your villa would re-let for a far higher rent than 87k so my suggestion would be to offer to pay a 5% increase but to insist that it is renewable after the next 12 months. This is a really difficult situation as of course landlords want to get the best return they can on their investment, many want to sell as the prices have gone back up, but the tenants are not getting bigger rent allowances from their employers.....no happy solution for all.
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Latest post on 23 February 2013 - 15:15
Yes, it's there, but when you put all the information in, it says the calculator is "under updating". Just put in a date a few days ahead and it seems to work.
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Latest post on 23 February 2013 - 10:42
I think it would probably be a waste of time leaving his CV anywhere in Dubai, tell him to email it to the various banks head offices with a covering letter explaining what he is looking for. Most banks will have a central HR department and will recruit from online applications and via agencies or linkin.
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Latest post on 21 February 2013 - 09:26
This is a very difficult area here, the schools are not very sympathetic to any LD. My suggestion would be to engage the help of Fiona Coutts, she is an educational advisor, it will cost you but I think her knowledge will make or break the move here. Fiona Coutts 050 544 8916
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Latest post on 17 February 2013 - 10:17
Eat the crusts of the bread and your hair will curl!
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Latest post on 17 February 2013 - 10:04
We used to live in the Lakes and had this problem a couple of times, call Hitches and Glitches or MPlus and it won't take an hour to sort out, it's a blockage somewhere nothing more!
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Latest post on 16 February 2013 - 13:49
Some maids rooms are smaller than the study in a 2 bedroom Springs townhouse. Have you thought about moving to Jumeirah Village Circle? There are significantly larger apartments at about the same price as a 4M or 4E in the Springs.
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Latest post on 12 February 2013 - 17:52
Hi Mesha, Indeed as October said we have recently imported a puppy from the UK. We actually flew her into Dubai and cleared her ourselves, but we weren't on the same flight! Apply for an export health certificate from the UK, you need to nominate an official government vet to do the health check up to 5 days. Need rabies and other innoculations to be up to date. Apply for an import certificate into the UAE - I am not sure if Abu D is the same as Dubai sorry. This was issued very quickly and is valid a few weeks from issue. We flew our puppy in to arrive in the morning but by June it will be very hot so my suggestion would be to chose a flight arriving in the night. In Dubai after the plane landed we had to wait for Emirates cargo to send the documentation to their cargo desk and once that arrived (about an hour after the plane got in) we paid them AEd 135 approx, went to see the vet to show him the documents so he then went off to check the puppy while we went to customs to get everything stamped, and paid AED 30 to them, then back to the vet with all our stamped documents, he had in the meantime been to see the puppy, checked her over etc. We then paid him AED 403, you can pay by credit card or an eDirham card (I borrowed one of these from our PRO's at work and repaid them instead!) and we then waited in another area to be given the dog! In took 2 hours from the plane landing to getting back into our car, I was incredibly nervous but it was quite easy - cost us under AED 600, so we saved over AED 2000. From the UK we used Passport for pets and they were good, and very helpful. I did insist on having a plastic travel crate rather than the wooden one they originally quoted us for as we are still using it for 'crate training' and they are margionally more attractive! Let me know if you have any more questions, happy to help if I can. If you like email me and I can answer questions off the board. familymarriott at gmail dot com http://www.moew.gov.ae/Portal/en/our-services/animal-wealth/permits/إصدار-إذن-استيراد-حيوانات-الرفقة-قطط-ـ-كلاب.aspx https://www.abudhabi.ae/egovPoolPortal_WAR/appmanager/ADeGP/Citizen?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=p1300&lang=en&did=139402 [email protected]
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Latest post on 11 February 2013 - 06:31
When we moved we asked the LL to remove the washer that was there, you will need an electrician to remove it but it's not difficult to do.
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Latest post on 08 February 2013 - 07:23
Pastels on Al Wasl Road do..
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Latest post on 07 February 2013 - 15:31
Dr Madhu, very reasonable and open quite late. Tel 04 357 1577 thank you, which clinic is this? In Karama, my dh always goes there.
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Latest post on 07 February 2013 - 15:17
Dr Madhu, very reasonable and open quite late. Tel 04 357 1577
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Latest post on 07 February 2013 - 07:27
There are a couple in Town Centre mall.
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Latest post on 07 February 2013 - 07:24
Google a map, it's quite easy but not near anywhere in particularl! They open at 8am and are quiet early in the day, though they did say Thursday is always busier.
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Latest post on 31 January 2013 - 06:32
Transport costs really add up in London, I think £500-600 a month to start with and then go from there. My dd recently graduated but was in Oxford and we gave her £200 every 2 weeks, she also worked about 10 hours a week in a uni gift shop in town but her hours were very flexible. Good luck , studying is so expensive, i can hardly tell you the relief when our dd got a full time job a month after graduating.
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Latest post on 28 January 2013 - 15:52
Go to a typing centre (there are lots about but the new Municipality Centre in Al Manara has 2), take along your passport and request they do the typing for your ID card, you pay AED 100 per year of validity of your visa plus a typing fee. The computer will then generate an appointment for you to attend one of the ID centres to do your finger printing etc.
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Latest post on 28 January 2013 - 13:50
http://www.dubailand.gov.ae/English/Tanzeem/brokers/individual_registration.aspx This website has everything you really need to know. Why not call someone like Better Homes and see if they are recruiting.
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Latest post on 28 January 2013 - 10:32
04 221 5555 Try this number, or failing that go down - they are very helpful in person.
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Latest post on 28 January 2013 - 10:21
Do you mean 120 x 90, this would be a very short bed? Standard single is 90 x 200.
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Latest post on 26 January 2013 - 09:47
We just did the importing ourselves for our puppy that arrived a few weeks ago, it was very straightforward and cost us less than AED 600. Happy to share the process as it saved us almost AED 2000!
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Latest post on 26 January 2013 - 07:43
Until any of us know otherwise I think all local dog owners (and everyone else) should be very careful anyway, indeed the dog could have ingested poison from another source (weed killer etc) but we should still all be on the lookout, lots of kids play on the grassy areas round the lakes and if a 21kg dog is so ill it could easily be a toddler next time.
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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 06:21
has anyone braved the elemenets and stepped outside yet? is it baltic? I have with my puppy who arrived from the UK yesterday :) It's windy but not really THAT cold, at least in The Greens!
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Latest post on 11 January 2013 - 14:45
If anyone has a spare brunch voucher for the Pullman in Deira I would like to buy it, we have an extra guest! Text me 050 eight eight 0 eight 193. Thanks.
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Latest post on 10 January 2013 - 06:03
I always go to Sharaf DG in Times Square, they have a huge selection.
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Latest post on 08 January 2013 - 05:48
Thank you for all the suggestions. Everything seems lovely. I will definitely look into all options. Has anyone been to Taiwan? A couple more recommendations on tour companies will b highly appreciated. Mb We used to live in Taiwan and being honest, it is probably the last place I would ever go on holiday! Saying that the National Palace Museum is amazing and some parts of the island quite beautiful, but overall I wouldn't list it in my Top 100 places to go, too many scooters, pollution and getting by without Chinese, difficult.
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Latest post on 08 January 2013 - 05:46
I have used PK Property and they are very good!
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Latest post on 05 January 2013 - 08:52
http://pkproperties.ae/ http://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/arabian-escapes/for-rent.html February is still peak season here with all the European countries having breaks and wanting to escape the cold, hence the high prices. Summer prices are always way lower. I use PK Properties quite often and Arabian Escapes too, maybe they can help out neither will be cheap but they will be better value than some of the others I hope.
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Latest post on 31 December 2012 - 06:12
I think you may have to put these into the 'Give away' section, and hope someone will collect them - nothing old sells here, unless they are antiques.
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Latest post on 30 December 2012 - 19:51
"Love Story". Me too, and Marley and Me - left blubbering from both movies (but a few decades apart!).
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Latest post on 29 December 2012 - 19:34
No need to send her home, in fact for visa purposes medicals have to be done here!
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Latest post on 29 December 2012 - 16:09
http://www.puritan.com/menopause-101/meno-ease-004835 I have been taking the above for a few years and I am convinced they have helped, I order them from the USA and Shop n 'Ship them over.
 
 
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