not sure R.A.T

anyway

Verification letter as describe above

Etisalat they said 3 days notice only now (I will give them 3 weeks just to be sure)

HSBC credit card balance to zero and then takes 5 working days to cancel

The quote from the freighter company was accepted immediately (I used one from the list on the portal)

Selling cars and unwanted furniture is problem since everyone is getting out of Dubai in masses......(anybody knows a different website than dubizle or any other ideas please post).

around 40days and am out

Just looking at the rosters this month it makes me go ........

What's the deal on staff travel after one resigns, I'm led to believe that no further tickets can be purchased, is that correct?

When do existing tickets need to be used up by, is it 12 months after your resignation date?

Just a suggestion....and things may have changed in the 15 months since I have left....but if you need to go to Etisalat, I suggest you get there at 7.30. Otherwise you will wait in a big queue.

Just want to confirm something ref resignation at EK. When you resign, my understanding is that it is 90 days to your last working day. Does that include the Visa Cancellation (which I think they block out as 3 days)?

In addition, how soon after visa cancellation can you leave? If you have everything wrapped up by say a Wednesday, can you leave the next day on a repatriation ticket ?

Uplink,

90 days do include Visa Cancellation. On your very last day you get your passport back, hand in your ID & Medical cards, and get your final settlement.

Friends have left the following day, but did find it very stressful. I left 2 days later instead, which I meant I didn't have to run around like a headless chicken.

All in all the EK side of leaving and repatriation was handled very well for me. I do suggest booking a meeting with your leaving coordinator early on. That helped me clarify a lot of questions. The same team were also readily available on phone and email.

It is kinda funny that the only people in the bouncy castle who are consistently praised are the leaving team/coordinators. ��

Well, they had a lot of practice lately.....

Uplink - I had everything pretty much closed down, cancelled, and family and pets out of Dubai around two weeks before my last day of service. I checked out of EGHQ after a bit of queue shuffling in employee services and left the same night. Be sure to ask your coordinator for the company provided accommodation for your last few nights in Dubai, they don't readily advertise the fact that you are entitled to it.

Good luck!

JF

WRT company accommodation-

We moved from Silicon after bein g there for seven years, so the villa was due a painting. We left some picture hooks in the walls, we were not charged for the removal/filling/repaint there.

We moved to Flamingo three years ago- will we get slugged for the walls if we leave hooks up?

If so, does someone have a local handy-person who could fill/touch up cheaper than the company will slug us?

JF

I thought you were entitled to a night or 3 in a hotel before you left, such as travel lodge?

When I was working in the ME I always had 2(!!) passports. My european(mainland) home country did issue that after I told them I had to work in the ME(Qatar to be precise, it was enough to show them my company ID and my QR Visa) and that my employer may keep my passport which is really inacceptable to european standard.

So, I always had a "backup" passport ready to run in worst case to the embassy and have my way out of there. Would suggest everyone still down there(why the hell is still someone down there ^^) to have the same precautions taken.

How can a second passport help you leave the country? It won't contain a legal tourist visa.

You get the 2 extra nights in a hotel, ONLY if you already are in Company Accommodations.

Ladies and Gents, quick question. Can the company take away your assigned leave while serving your notice? Thanks!

They will try. Ask to have it reinstated by emailing all the departments you can think of ( the higher the better ).

BYMONEK - yes you are quite correct, but when I left last year ahead of what appears to have been a bulge in resignations, unless you knew it was an entitlement it was well screened from view. I wasn't aware of the entitlement until a fellow escapee told me.

Can someone tell me where I can find the information on how much EK pays us for each Vacation Day not taken after resignation? Thanks!

Basic salary, multiply by 12. Divide answer by 365, gives per day amount.

Thanks Don, was expecting something more complicated and less in my favor from EK!

Quick question to wine lovers. If you have build a collection over here, is it true that you won´t be allowed to take it back home due to UAE customs restrictions? It sounds a bit strange for me but somebody working on a shipping company told me this. Any info will be appreciated.

i offer you special price habibi :ok::ok:

Best idea is to run the good stuff back to wherever you are from, when you can before you leave, or have one helluva party!! Message me your location habibi :ok:

SyB :zzz::zzz:

RunSick

Recently sent a 20 foot container of stuff back to Europe, for our retirement pad there. Shippers were emphatic that no alcohol, foodstuffs or any liquid was permitted. Maybe different rules if you're sending outside Europe.

Bloggs

Hi Bloggson, thanks for the info. Just to clarify, the issue was with EUROPE requirements, not UAE?

SYB I´ll keep that as an option.

Happy flights back home!

One thing to keep in mind with the containers... The container may sit in the summer heat up to a week or two.
We never thought about that, and 2 boxes of expensive candles turned up as soup of wax at the other end.
Your wine will definitely taste different.
I'd say try and take them back on your operating flights back home or go with the party option.

TI74

Buy some flatnose beef for the BBQ and have a party, plenty of good grape juice available in civilisation

Has anyone had any experience with getting any loans paid off with their provident fund to get a clearance letter?
I would like to leave earlier than planned and if anyone has any experience with a similar situation with paying a loan off with the fund if at all possible.

Thank you

myidtravel.com tkts
 

I have been told by HR that you can use your EK staff tkts upto 30 days after your last day (surprisingly generous!!) Has anyone that has already left had any experience with using the myidtravel.com (LH,AF,DL etc) id90's in the 30 days after leaving? As I have had mixed responses from staff travel on this one.

Thanks in advance

:ok:

Max

Can someone please confirm which clearance documents EK will ask in the EOS process? e.g. DEWA clearance, bank clearance etc.

apologies in advance if this has already been covered. If you have already given your resignation notice and call sick for a 2 day trip do they deduct those two days from your basic salary? Or is it treated like any other sick call? Is a fatigue sick call treated any different? Thanks!

Everything is treated as normal all the way till the last day.......then you just walk away like you never been part of the company.

Anyway for info
HSBC credit cards closed within a day(no problems and very easy), etisalat and DEWA needed a week, provident fund arrive in my bank in Europe within 10days.

Good luck everybody

Having just gone through the whole process Laker I can't imagine why you would care, the day I went to get my final check, I just looked at the deduction which were a lot less than I expected and just went "what ever"!!!! Took it to the bank and headed to the bar!

The entire process is quite slick, I had no horror moments, the EOS people can see everything that is needed so you only need to ask them, if you have had a loan that requires a clearance they will tell you. I asked for a bank clearance for my credit cards and was told by the bank I didn't need it. Eti****lat and Du both told me that any unpaid accounts will stop the visa cancellation so it appears when it comes to owing money to state owned companies they are all linked!

Beware if you intend to send items home via skycargo, you are allowed 300kg, however this does not necessarily mean weight as they do a complicated HxWxL measurement and it's easy to go over on items like tv's. And you will pay the Habibi tax. AED 180 for there overtime.

Got to check in, my bag was over weight, told the check out lady I was ex-crew, she told me she was working her notice and handed me my FC ticket, the Habibis waved me through at visa control, the champers never tasted better. Good luck all!!

Did you get lounge access?��

I did, for the whole family.

Whether I was supposed to is another matter, but let's just say that manners go a long way :cool:

And yes, the champagne tasted better than it ever had before! Never looked back, but don't want to get negative as that doesn't help the spirit of the guys who cannot leave for whatever reasons...

Guys has anybody had any experience with leaving with a mortgage concerning the end of service benefits ?

left over 3 months ago and still didn't get the retention money, I also have to fight for the refunds for tickets with other airlines, EK told me to contact the other airlines, they told me contact EK as they have to refund it, contacted myidtravel direct and they told EK to pay me

The crooks at EK also kept my retention money. Their dishonesty has cost them dearly as none of my extended family will fly with them again either on business or pleasure.That is over 30 tickets since I left. And yes, me and many others thought about suing. But you can't. As a semi-government company, UAE Labour Law doesn't apply to them. Utter deceitful liars. Imagine. You can't leave owing them money but they let you leave when they have no intention of paying you.

Hi,

I have spoken to NBD and HSBC about it and both replies were that as long as the monthly installments are covered, there is no issue.
Only personal loans ( car loans for example ) must be paid off before leaving.
You do not need to close your bank accounts either and if you keep a certain balance on your current account, you will get to keep your credit card and you debit card.
To avoid problems using your Online banking, keep a local mobile number so as in my case, I will just downgrade my contract with DU to a pay as you go.
It seems all pretty straight forward.

You can have your visa cancelled owing money to DU and Etisalat. When I disconnected my service last year through both providers they close your online payment portal and you must make your final payment at one of their locations. Because of this inconvenience I refused to pay over 900 dhs out of protest. Never had an issue cancelling the visa or leaving Dubai (although I never plan to return to that God forsaken sandpit).

"retention" money??? Out of the loop on that one.