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Latest post on 03 November 2016 - 08:06

We went through this recently under slightly different circumstances, a sudden company and country change 4 months before GCSE's. You can't move her mid IB but there are options. We were lucky, the company were great and did not cancel hubbys visa until end of May, which gave us to end June before we had to leave, allowing my kid to sit all the exams. He had to wait for his gratuity, which they held until the actual visa cancellation. Insurance for them against us doing anything or getting debts and also it needs to go with the visa cancellation. We had to cover our own medical insurance for the last months too. We made sure our kid was fully up to date with the Emirates ID in school records, which is fine for the school year. Don't tell the school about any cancelled visas mid year, they only need to check beginning of the school year for enrollment and you are not going to be enrolling again anyway. For tourist visas, it depends on your nationality. I was prepared to do visa runs for the extra time needed for the school year to finish if necessary and you get 30 days after cancellation of your residence visa to leave the country. Don't overstay and it is DAYS, not calendar month. Just be careful to manage your dates. Each visa runs from day of entry, so if there was days left on the last one you can't add on to that with another month! I looked through the exam schedule and worked out which weekends we would need to travel, how long we could be out over spring break and half terms etc, so I had a plan before we found out the company would let us finish out the term by delaying cancellation. Our tenancy was up and we ended up in a small hotel apartment for a few months. We got a deal because it was long let, made sure we were close to school so we could give up the car and then dug into our savings to survive the transition. It isn't easy and requires some careful quiet juggling. You are not planning to overstay, or do anything nefarious, you just need to manage your kid's welfare. Don't panic it can be done. Not cheap but doable. I would ask the company to delay visa cancellation until you can get your daughter through school, with end of service benefits withheld until that time. If they allow it and it is all signed with the HR department, great. If not. You can still do it, it just needs some fancy footwork and will be more bother. But as parents we do what we have to do for our kids, right? If absolutely necessary you could leave at spring break, after that it is revision time in school anyway and she can study at home just as well, especially with technology today, and jut come back for the exams. You will sleep better when you have settled on a plan.

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Latest post on 29 October 2015 - 08:09

Thank you Mrs B I guess Muscat hills would be too far from the British school then in the morning rush hour. My daughter is a teenager and not very good at getting up at the best of times! Muscat hills suits us as a housing area, except for the school thing. I am trying to decide if it worth putting up with the commute for the first two years of residence or if it will drive me bonkers and I would be better off in MSQ, Shatti Al Qurum or Azaiba.

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