Dubai Job offer
Mar 24th 2011, 11:13 am
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Re: Dubai Job offer
Ball park for intermediate cover with a decent company with no restrictions on hospitals/clinics and good at dealing with claims, you are looking at a premium from £320 per month for all of you. Comprehensive cover will obviously be more, but this is absolutely not something that you want to do on the cheap.
Mar 24th 2011, 11:18 am
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Mar 24th 2011, 11:31 am
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Re: Dubai Job offer
yeah, I just checked for Uptown school, the fees in total would be 85,000 dhs, add the rent to that plus the extra costs for the first year would be at least 100,000 so that would be half of the salary gone just for those 2 things and then you haven't even started spending money on everything else....
Mar 24th 2011, 11:32 am
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Mar 24th 2011, 11:45 am
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Re: Dubai Job offer
If his wife can find a decent paying job making at least 15,000 a month, the family can swing it on Dubai. But she has to find the job and that's no guarantee in this market.
Dude, does your wife have any qualifications or training?
May I also ask what nationality you are? I gather you're British, but if you're British Indian/Pakistani or another British muslim you actually more options open to you in terms of schooling than a typical white British family. The Indian schools out here are much cheaper and still have fairly high academic standards.
Dude, does your wife have any qualifications or training?
May I also ask what nationality you are? I gather you're British, but if you're British Indian/Pakistani or another British muslim you actually more options open to you in terms of schooling than a typical white British family. The Indian schools out here are much cheaper and still have fairly high academic standards.
Mar 24th 2011, 11:48 am
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Re: Dubai Job offer
Hi,
My wife is currently working at Pre school and has done her NVQ level 2 in child care.
Cheers
My wife is currently working at Pre school and has done her NVQ level 2 in child care.
Cheers
Mar 24th 2011, 3:39 pm
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Re: Dubai Job offer
To the OP - I'd say it's a no, to be honest. The cost of living here is pretty similar to living in London (different sums go on different things), and for example, even though petrol is far cheaper here, you meed more of it. Dubai's not a place to be living on the breadline.
Mar 26th 2011, 9:52 am
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Re: Dubai Job offer
Thanks everyone.
Yes, I am a British Indian and details and costs of other schools would be appreciated.
Thanks
Yes, I am a British Indian and details and costs of other schools would be appreciated.
Thanks
Mar 26th 2011, 10:25 am
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Re: Dubai Job offer
For a family of four with kids in schools I would say you need an all in package of 45k / month
Mar 26th 2011, 10:29 am
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Re: Dubai Job offer
[QUOTE=EmiratesMillhouse;9265615]I have a feeling that you are not going to listening as it's not what you want to hear...?
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Mar 26th 2011, 2:51 pm
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Mar 26th 2011, 2:51 pm
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