Finally escaped the UAE
Apr 13th 2009, 7:23 pm
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Re: Finally escaped the UAE
Yes I finally got out, after damaging my passport and having to visit Dubai immigration 3 days in a row from Abu Dhabi just to get permission to leave the country, I made it to wonderful Thailand and never plan on coming back to the UAE. I'd fly over Antarctica just to avoid a transit stop of the place.
No issues leaving the country, no issues with my company approving a visa transfer even though I'd lost my job... everything sweet.
No issues leaving the country, no issues with my company approving a visa transfer even though I'd lost my job... everything sweet.
Apr 13th 2009, 7:29 pm
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AW glad to hear you are out safely, I take it you did not cancel your visa but can you tell us why you had to get Dubai immigration permit to leave. was it because of damage to your passport!! or losing your job. My visa is cancelled now and I am about to leave and am wondering what will happen at the point of exit ie at the immigration desk.
I dont think anything will happen at immigration desk when you leave. If immigration department don't notice anything when your visa gets cancelled I can't see how immigration at the airport would, since the immigration department also seem to have the same computer system. At least thats what it looked like when they looked up my residence details.
Apr 13th 2009, 7:43 pm
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Rosebud, Thanks. I damaged my passport. Therefore I had a new passport with no evidence of entry or residence... as you may or may not know, if there is no evidence of you entering a country, they won't let you leave.
I dont think anything will happen at immigration desk when you leave. If immigration department don't notice anything when your visa gets cancelled I can't see how immigration at the airport would, since the immigration department also seem to have the same computer system. At least thats what it looked like when they looked up my residence details.
I dont think anything will happen at immigration desk when you leave. If immigration department don't notice anything when your visa gets cancelled I can't see how immigration at the airport would, since the immigration department also seem to have the same computer system. At least thats what it looked like when they looked up my residence details.
I'll tell you and others how I got thru if and when I cross the border.
Apr 14th 2009, 4:03 am
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AW glad to hear you are out safely, I take it you did not cancel your visa but can you tell us why you had to get Dubai immigration permit to leave. was it because of damage to your passport!! or losing your job. My visa is cancelled now and I am about to leave and am wondering what will happen at the point of exit ie at the immigration desk.
Apr 14th 2009, 6:50 am
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normally once you Visa is cancelled your ex-company will send a PRO with you to the airport. You are given a token at the DNATA desk which the Immigration guys then take off you. thats what happened to me (twice) and once for my Mrs.
Apr 14th 2009, 7:27 am
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Your assumption is correct if the visa is properly cancelled by the employer. But if you leave without cancelling it is fine as long as you are not reported as absconding by the employer (which is considered as a criminal act in the UAE). Even that has a time limit to it, you can't stay on your employer's sponsorship for ever and at some point he would have to revoke the visa, that is when the trouble starts as you are not in the country.
Apr 14th 2009, 7:37 am
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[QUOTE=Inselaffen;7478091]normally once you Visa is cancelled your ex-company will send a PRO with you to the airport. You are given a token at the DNATA desk which the Immigration guys then take off you. thats what happened to me (twice) and once for my Mrs.[/QUOTE
My ex-company will not escort anyone to the airport since they have made so many redundant and do not have the resources to do it. Therefore they have given me my passport with a letter in Arabic/English attached that I'd have to hand in to the immigration officer at the point of exit. I guess your experiences must have been prior to recent mass redundancies.
My ex-company will not escort anyone to the airport since they have made so many redundant and do not have the resources to do it. Therefore they have given me my passport with a letter in Arabic/English attached that I'd have to hand in to the immigration officer at the point of exit. I guess your experiences must have been prior to recent mass redundancies.
Apr 15th 2009, 5:03 am
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No prob for me and the missus last September when we left Abu Dhabi.
Company PRO had our visas cancelled and gave me two bits of paper that were stamped at the airport that I sent on to him which proved we had left.
Easy
Company PRO had our visas cancelled and gave me two bits of paper that were stamped at the airport that I sent on to him which proved we had left.
Easy
May 5th 2009, 2:27 pm
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Had anyone got in touch with the bank after leaving?
May 5th 2009, 3:20 pm
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