Emloyment Visa

Yesterday I found out that the HR department of the company who hired me wants me to post a few passport photos, a copy of my passport, also to have my education certificates attested by UAE embassy in Sweden in order to process my employment visa. I have no idea how long that's gonna take for the embassy to attest my certificates and post it back, and for me to post all the documents through currier to Dubai, but I hope it doesn't change the plan much.

Dubai Red-Tape

Hi again, today I received a great book named Dubai red-tape. It's a complete step-by-step handbook covering all aspects of daily life in Dubai. One of my colleagues who also will be moving to Dubai recommended this book to me. It's a very inexpensive book with invaluable guides and information from what to prepare before moving to how to open a bank account in Dubai. Priceless information and perquisites on how to rent an apartment, buy a car, get a cell phone, connect the electricity and get a driving licence. It's all there. Since the book was sold-out in Sweden I had to order it from Amazon UK and strangely enough I received the book only three days after I placed my order. Nice job Amazon !! Anyways, In case you are thinking about moving to Dubai, this is a very useful handbook.

Three weeks before moving

Hello there, today I have a little time over to put up a new post and tell you a bit about how things have been going so far. After signing the contract with the company in Dubai, the first thing that I did was to resign from my position at my current job in Sweden. To be completely frank, this wasn't easy. Even though I am very excited about moving to Dubai and starting a new life over there, I'm a bit bummed over leaving my colleagues who I really enjoy working with. But sometimes life's a bitch that's just the way it is. People move on.

Anyway, It's been around six weeks now since the day I handed in my letter of resignation and about three weeks from now I'll be on a plane on my way to Dubai. During the last six weeks I've ticked a lot of bullet points on my list. I have sold my car, rented out my apartment, unsubscribed the magazines, notified the phone company, el-company, the gym, sold some of the stuff I didn't need, took care the loans, closed some bank accounts , etc. and very soon I have to move out the rest of my stuff to my parents. I'm thinking of throwing a goodbye party a few days before I go or maybe just take some friends out to a bar or something, so we can spend the last hours together.