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ooh good luck with that:unsure:

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Thanks for that. Really helping the post decision jitters!!!

Did as much due diligence as possible and in the end decided it was worth the punt. The worst that can happen is that I end up back in London looking for a job. Pretty much the same position I am in now.

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Lol sorry but you may as well be ready for the good and the bad

And as you say, if doesn't work out you can always look around for a new job in AD

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I took my notarized docs to the FCO office personally earlier today. Very efficient service - it took around 20 mins waiting time and they gave me the stickers on the spot. :thumbup:

I must say though, that around 1/2 the people in the waiting room were turned away at the documents checking window as they hadn't had their docs notarized first. The solicitors around the office there must be doing a roaring trade!

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So my friend phones the FCO office today and they say there is no chance of a 3 week delay and that my friend should receive her docs by end of next week :thumbsup:

Oyibopeppah- Hey mate glad things are going well for you! You had some problems in the beginning no?

Kidsam_ Good luck with it all. Brave decision on your part as I had an offer from a local company but rejected. I was too scared to join in with the locals hehe and adament to work in free zone.

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Yess-o Groovychick, relating to my wife's and daughter's Nigerian passports. The UAE embassy didn't want to know, neither did Etihad or Emirates.

Thanks to a clued-up contact, we were able to access the previously unaccessable website to make their applications. if you get my drift?

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Well I'm delighted its worked out for you in the end. My friend tells me she also got her docs back today from FCO so thumbs up all around :thumbsup:

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To conclude the story on this phase of the administrative adventure.... docs finally came back from London today, duly notarised and attested. Now, all I need is my passport renewal (6 weeks and counting) and I can complete the visa application package, send it off to AD and........... wait again?

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you have to send originals :D

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Thanks! So does the notary public also have to write on the originals? One of mine came laminated - I'm not sure it's even possible to write on it!

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No, they usually attached their notary to the original document by means of fancy stamps and ribbons.

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Hi, I went to the solicitor today who is also a notary public - perfect I thought - but he refused to write on the originals saying all he can do is confirm the authenticity of a copy. So we copied them and he did the stamping etc on the copies. Is he supposed to confirm that the certificates are originals?!

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It's correct, Haloola...

The solicitor who I saw made a copy of the degree certificate, and on the back notarized it as:

".....The copy degree certificate is a true copy of my valid degree certificate. AND I MAKE this declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true..."

Along with the fancy stamps and ribbons.

It passed the FCO and the UAE embassy requirements.

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Thanks! I think mine should be OK then - sent them off to the FCO today :)