Jetsetter1984

Hi all,
I'm new to the forum. Have just accepted a post due to start working in doha in September, I'm a single female moving over from Belfast. So far the salary has been disclosed which I'm very pleased with but I know little about the accommodation and area. I'll be working for sidra. Any advice i'd much appreciate it thanks. 😊

Pongo

I'd go via Edinburgh.....

Johnnyboy11

A couple of money tips from me...

Sort yourself out a private pension scheme before you leave the UK, you can't do this retrospectively. Then you can pay in £2,880 next tax year and the following 5 tax years and get a free £720 each year automatically credited by HMRC

Your worldwide earnings can be UK income tax and NI free from the day after you leave the UK, but only once you become UK Non-Resident which for you will be 6th April 2017 at the very earliest. Working full-time overseas for a full tax year and limiting your visits to the UK are the main criteria, but there are other connecting factors to watch out for.

Jetsetter1984

Thanks Johnnyboy11 this is the kind of advice I'm looking for! Leaving in September for two years initially.

Tramps_mate

You can visit the UK for up to 90 days a year is it, to keep non resident status?
Half days count as full days too, including arrival at airport even if for only one hour that day I think it is..

cormacsfl

Or Fly direct to Dublin from Abu Dhabi and off home to Belfast up motorway, technically not back in UK and no Customs at border, just a thought!! Good Luck with Move

Amma5009

Hi

I have just found your post and also kind of in the same situation, I may be moving to Doha in September and would like to know how you have found the experience as a single female (30's). Have you managed on the salary? Have you met people easily (male and female expats)? Have you got any crucial advice? I'm fairly social and dread the thought of being lonely and single! I've never visited Doha, only Dubai and I'm under no illusion that it's the same...

Any honest help would be great!
Thanks

Peachicedtea

Hi Anna

Have you decided to move to Doha in September?

I am moving at the end of august on my own and also have the same sort of questions as you

Xx

Amma5009

Hi
Yes I am at the end of august!
Are you organised and excited?

And what job are you going to do??

Peachicedtea

Not at all organised as I have no idea what to pack!

I am getting excited- I fly out in 19days!!!

I am a primary teacher.

You?

Peachicedtea

I have tried to find out where I will be living but have just been told a certain distance from the school... I am just trying to find out as much as I can. x

PuRe

I'm a teacher too, I fly out next week message me.