Hello,
Regarding your reference, they called me regarding getting another image submitted, which I did and sent the next day. After I'd sent it off (literally an hour after I'd dropped it off at the UK HQ) I called them up just to make sure it was received. I made it through to the final stage.
When HR in Dubai emailed me regarding getting my haemoglobin and HIV reports, I re submitted them and called them straight after.
I'm flying out on Friday to begin training next week so I wouldn't panic about anything. I was probably the biggest pain in their a*s but I had to because of the line of work I was in before: I'm not the most patient person when it comes to correspondence.
As mentioned before, the guys from Emirates would not have been in touch if they were not considering your application.
Keep your chin up
Phil