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bad situation indeed.

i decided to stay in the uae to find work after i was terminated (im still looking)

my residency visa has been canceled and now am on toursit visa (Australian passport)

im basically living on the street and from my car. recently a security cheque has bounced from my account for an unpaid credit card.

my toourist visa is about to expire.

my question is can i still go and extend at hatta border?

or is it best to fly from sharjah or abu dhabi to kuwiat or doha and back.

is there any other border i can cross where i can be safe?

im not doing a runner, im staying in the country to repay my debts.

so whats the safest option? can i leave from sharjah or abu dhabi and return

im shitting my pants

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So sorry to hear of your predicament and my answer will not help but from what I understand regarding bounced cheques, I would get the hell out of it straight away and look for a job from home.

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can i ask why you're planning on staying around? paying your debts and all, ok, but how are you going to do that if you're not working?

sorry mate, but maybe the best bet is to get somewhere outside of the UAE where you've got your friends and family's support and you can sort your debts out from a better position. they don't tend to ***** around...

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you have internet in your car? go home mate, it aint worth it.

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Sell your car, clear the bounced cheque and gtf outta here man while you still can!

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and if you cannot sell your car or if you do and its not enough to pay off the credit card then keep the money and gtf out of the UAE

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It may well be too late for you to leave as the bank may well have placed a travel ban on you and filed a police case.

I would attempt to get over the border to Oman, drive to Muscat and get on a plane

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Alternatively, rent a small boat from the creek and try and reach Iran. Seriously, you really need to speak with your bank and feed them some story that will convince them to treat you leniently.

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good and well unless he owes money on his car :confused:

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get the flock out of there while you still can and before you end up banged up.

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LOL the border into Oman is not that security concious ;);) hence the reason that I mentioned it would be best to go via that way

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It has been said by other members, GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE NOW or else if you stay around you are gonna end up in deep shxt.
Do' nt just think i am ok, cos hey bro you are not.

There is a lot of shxt betwwen the UAE & Aussie land at ther mo, with this Emirates Aircraft mess, it has been said !!!!

Please get the hell out of there ASAP.
You dont want to be in the middle of a tit for tat govenment thing at this moment

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go to abu dhabi,
get on a plane
get the **** out of dodge
TODAY

call your bank from where you land, paying off the debt is admirable but close to impossible to do whilst banged up in prison.

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If you're worried about crossing the border into Oman, then drive to Hatta. Before you enter Hatta town, there's a side road that takes you to an unfinished border crossing. The guard will just wave you through. Follow that road to the Oman side of Al Ain, and proceed to Muscat and go home.

Sometimes optimism is a great thing, but right now it isn't. You're in serious shit, and you need to leave the country sooner rather than later.

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im shitting myself.

i dont have family and my friends are all junkies (herion), i dont have anywhere to go if i go back.

could someone please confirm something that i read in another post.

i was on a dubai residency (the person who had posted was on the same)

he basically said that he had been travelling back and forth from abu dhabi/sharjah airport in order to extend his visa, but never from dubai as he had a travel ban.

im scared.

is what he said true, could someone please confirm? am i safe to extend from these other emirates?

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so its safe to go to hatta border and back?

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car is financed

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look, stop ****ing around and get on a plane. I guarentee that no matter how badly ****ed you may be elsewhere once you land here will be a thousand times worse for you if you stay

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its free at star bucks

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Under normal circumstances yes you can go to hatta but your circumstances are not straight forward, if you are not going to take peoples advice then why ask, in this case everyone who has answered is saying gtf out of here, if the advice was 50/50 then maybe it gives food for thought but it isnt

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Are you completely bonkers? We have told you to leave the country so why are you effing about? Looks like you will soon be spending many years in an Arab jail, arguably not the best place for someone whose best friends are heroin addicts.

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you would not believe what i am living off, i cant even afford a ticket let alone petrol for the car, i park as close as possible to sleep in the car near star bucks

i cant even sell this laptop to buy a ticket.

im all for advice, but i cant just skip the country, its a huge personal dillema, and im not an angel far from it

i intend to stay in order to resolve this, im not refusing any advice from any of you. its just there is no other source of finding out.

the only thing i can think is to go the immigration and check if a police case has been filed, but still i understand i am $$%#ed

but in terms of the question i posted before, im currently searching for the post now, cant seem to find it

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So how are you going to finance the visa runs or flights referred to in your first post?

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We have just told you that you can do it but if a police notice has been filed you are ****ed, but maybe you cannot return home either for whatever reason, but as a previous poster said suffer the consequences at home not here, they will lock you up and throw away the key till amnesty day

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What is your car how much do you owe on it? if you want to sell your laptop I will give you a one way non refundable non transferrable ticket home as and when you are straighted up you can send me the cash back and I will return your laptop!

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Damion,

I could try and find out if there is a police case and/or travel ban on you, if you want. Send me a pm with the bank's name and your name...

Good luck and I hope you manage to get out of this place soon:(

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[COLOR="Blue"]That's the Dream Ticket, don't be a horse's ass and look the gift in the mouth;you ain't gonna get a better offer than that.
Magnanimous gesture Rowell, bless ya

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I have sent you the phone number of some people who will help you, please ring them.

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brilliant idea!

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Agreed - its so amazing that there are still people like this here who are wanting to help......:wub:

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a hummer, still 120k back (havnt been here that long)

my problem is the credit cards

i cant accep your offer mate, with my all heart.

i have ran all my life and i cant anymore

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The feeling that you have to stay and deal with it is a false one - everything is against you here and a few months in a hellhole prison will not make you feel any better about yourself.

You have an olive branch, others weren't so lucky -- TAKE IT.

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what part of this situation do you not understand? :sneaky:

you cant pay off a loan or cards from jail, which is where you will be imminently! as everyone else says, you are being offered help - so take it, please.

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I think perhaps this is the thread/post you are searching for...Jammy_Dodgers experience.Remember that was a few years ago and things have tightened up somewhat.You don't wanna slow up here...
RUN FORREST


http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=592963

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Can only agree with everyone else, take the offer and leave. At least in UK you can get help financially, housing etc. In Dubai the only housing you are likely to get is a small room shared with 25 others all sharing one toilet - not pleasant at all.

Go.

N

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dump the bloody thing and get out of here!!! take up Rowell's offer and ring the people I told you to ring.

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How big are your balls???

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Accept ffs, its the best you're going to get!

How long have you been here? Why the hell would you buy a Hummer and run up cc debts in a short time?

Sorry, I know this doesn't help, but for God's sake man wake up.

YOU CANNOT REPAY YOUR RATHER LARGE DEBTS FROM PRISON (and in the absence of any family or friends you could be in there some time).

Good luck with whatever you choose, but let's be honest, there aint much choice.

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are you deaf. you just had 20 people tell you to leave, and you are still asking if you can extend. Seeing that you bounced a security check they are more than likely looking for you and if you show up at the border trying to renew a visa you'll probably be arrested and thrown in debtors prison.

what part of 'leave immediately' did you not understand

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hmmmmmmmmm...