Dumbo

You need a degree to qualify for your own residence visa, not to get the admin job. If you are sponsored on a spouses visa(or such) then you can do admin work. Mostly this is low paid(but not all) because other nationalities will work for a small amount. But my wife registered with an agency when we first arrived and she found work Dhs10K+ for a couple of years until the little one came along. This was in Dubai, and the advantage was that she was here and on my visa before looking for work. Good luck Holly.

Kix

No you don't, not at all.

Dumbo

Your right, but its not really the point of my post, I will edit it for you.

Edit - At least I would have done if it would let me. You do not need a degree for an admin job.

holly321

Im sure you just get sponsored by the company you work for?

nonthaburi

I expect they would have aircon where they were staying / working .

NorthernLad

Apply to Etihad or Emirates to be a trolley dolly?

I've no idea on requirements (age, qualifications etc..) but if you get a job for them your travel is paid for.

Bahtatboy

I imagine that one essential is fluency in a foreign language.

busybee2

thats correct its not a necessity. it just depends on the company policy etc.

NorthernLad

I don't think it is, I knew an Irish one and she was thick as pig shit.

Ethos83

What no one else seems to have cued in on is that you're looking for a six month contract before heading onwards to SE Asia.

It's not going to be easy to find a short term position as companies don't want to go through all the hoops and expense of getting you a visa only to have you leave six months later.

If your goal is to party it in SE Asia why not just stay in the UK for the six months you'd earmarked for the UAE?

Millhouse

Not at all. I know a liverpudlian one on Emirates who sounds like a radio being tuned when she speaks. She cannot speak any foreign languages.

holly321

I only work part time, cant find a full time job, so it will take forever to save up enough money to go travelling.

So in abudhabi I could earn tax free money, live rent free at my friends mums apartment. So if I can find a job id be a lot better off over there. Haven't got anything to lose to be honest

Plus don't fancy another English summer ha! Just gonna bite the bullet and book our flights for the end of the month.

busybee2

nope you cannot live at your friends mums apartment, as unless you are close family members its not allowed.

if you want to be tax free then you have to be non resident for 1 tax year, and so as we are already 1 month into a new tax year it will have to be nearly 2 now.

english summer, hmmm do you know that its gets to over 50 degrees here in the summer?

also you need a visa to live here, and if you dont have a job, you will have to do the visa run, which works out a few hundred a month to renew it by visiting oman each month

Dumbo

This is true if you need your own visa. If you are here on someone elses visa you can work via labour card and through admin agencies there are plenty of temp jobs. Most are low paid, but not all.

Ethos83

The OP won't be on anyone's visa so it's a moot point.