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My husband (40) is offered a job in Riyadh and I (37) am planning to quite the job in Russia and relocate with him. I am sure life is not going to be easy but defiantly interesting. I have 15+ years professional experience, holding MBA and degree in English and German languages (licensed in Russia to teach in secondary schools) I have divers experience working in business on administrative, marketing and project management jobs. However fact that I am a woman might make difficult to find an interesting job in Saudi.

I am living in Doha and I have plans to bring my wife here to live with me. I am wondering will she be able to get a visa as she has hepatatis B ?

Please help.

Next month, I am shifting from Sydney to India, Bangalore and was looking for good International (IGCSE curriculum) schools for my kids. Can anyone recommend between Inventure Academy, Indus International and Bangalore International School? Thanks Nilesh

hi there. I'm cathie from beijing, china. I'll work in university of vienna in the coming Oct. I'd like to bring my son with me.

He's 14 and just finished 8th grade in beijing. He can speak and understand english and can play chinese traditional music instrument.

I hope i can find a public bilingual school suitable for him. Can anybody give me information on how to choose and apply

I have been awaiting my employment visa from a company in abu dhabi for 2 months now.

I have submitted all the required documents and attested certificates. I was told the application has been processed further to the UAE embassy and that they are waiting for the embassy to release the empolyment.

I am asking what this means and why its takes this long? Does it mean security clearance.

Thanks for a kind reply.

I am a USA business man interested in Gulf region. I found the company Brothers Group Company in the Linkedin. They have good looking website. But I want to know if the address below really exists. Is there a real company located there? Address Info: 615, Road 16- 639 UM AL-BAIDH, Kingdom Of Bahrain

Hi , My husband has secured a job in Dubai.He will be sponsoring me. My company in India is ready to provide me Work From Home option for few months. My question is ,if my husband provides me a NOC ,can I work from Dubai for my current Indian company. I will receive salary in India and in rupees.To me it seems like legal. Could somebody advice? Thanks , Smita

Hi , I am moving with my family very soon to Taipei.We are family of four, two age and new brn girls. We are considering Zhonsheng area , close to Daan. This is what my husband was offered for accommodation.Coould you please tell me is this niece area for expat families ? Also, will you recommend some health center for kids in this area.

Hi all! Im married to Nigerian and live in Lagos. I have the experience of working as internet marketer, but I would be happy to find any administrative job. Please, can anybody recommend any company where it is possible to address? I will appreciate any kind of information. Thank you very much!

Am single 34 female and looking out for job in Qatar. I have a friend and no relatives there. Is it feasible for me to get a visit visa and stay there without anyone help and look out for a job. I am from IT field and would like to take up any job initially till i get a suitable job. How far is this feasible and what kinda jobs can I apply for.

Trying to decide if we are able to move to Brisbane with two young children with lots of food issues. Are there farmers markets? Where would be a good location close to organic markets? Are there websites that list organic meats I can buy from farmers? Free range eggs? Organic farm fresh fruits and veggies? There are some in our current location that are expensive and some that are very reasonable and sell the same products.

I'm an Erasmus student from England in Barcelona, looking for a work placement or internship for 9 months, to improve my Spanish as part of my course. Does anyone know where I could find something? Thanks

I am moving to Abu Dhabi with my family in August. My son is an infant, so I need to bring my husband and son with me when I arrive. My company told me since they are US citizens they can enter the country on a visitor visa.

The issue I am having is that I read on the UAE embassy website they will need a round trip ticket to get this visitor visa and my company is only giving us one way tickets. I called the embassy and the visa person said he couldn't be sure whether this would be a problem or not. Has anyone from the US gotten a visitor visa without a return ticket?

Hi, I am from India and got married 5 months back. Due to some reasons, I was not able to register my marriage until now. And all of a sudden, my husband got his Mexican visa processed by his company and has reached Mexico already. He has not yet applied for a dependent visa for me. Now all I worry is, if I would get a visa without having our marriage certificate. Is there any other document that can be produced in lieu of marriage certificate. I am very desperate to stay with him. Please advice. Thanks in advance for all the help.

Hello, my name is Laura and I am moving with my 3 years old son to Algarve area. I am looking for small villages not far from cities, where relocate. We are both Spanish, and surely we won´t have problems with the language, but I can´t possibly find websites for rentals/housesitting assignements. Any help please? Thank you.

Hi, I will be moving to South Africa shortly either to Capetown or J'burg in a month with my wife from India.

My stay and office travel are taken care by my firm and will be given a daily allowance of R225. Is this sufficient for groceries, eating out thrice a week, outing once a fortnight, telephone, internet, medical, etc? Appreciate any help on this topic Thanks, Sumeet

Dear experts, I'm refering to the article on the salaries for expat in China. Does the table (Table for Expat Salaries in China 2011-2012)reflect base salaries only or does it includes 1) Housing 2) Cost of Living Allowance 3) Car 4) Kids Education and so on? I'm about to start contract negotiations with my employer and I need to equipped myself with these information in order to get a fair deal. I've researched some sites and housing and education is very high in China, especially in Shanghai area. So I would like to know more. Your advice will be very much appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, I came in to Cape Town around 2 months ago. I am still waiting for my spousal visa which I applied just when I came in. As soon as I get it I have 2 years to live in the country. What are the next steps after that..? -If I get married in the next 2 years.. Must I prove my status with another visa? -If I don't get married in the next 2 years.. Shall I apply for another spousal visa? If I have a baby in SA with my South african partner (who has british passport as well) and i am Spanish.. What kind of nationality-passport my son will have? Thanks.

Looking for affordable call rates from Japan to the Philippines. I hope someone here knows how, I could use some help. thanks

Need info on Nassim Compound. Would love any pictures, details of amenities/recreational facilities on compound. Are there any daycares, schools? We'll be a family of two adults and one toddler son. What is the family housing like? Size? Layout? Garages? How many rooms? Single or two story? Any shuttles as transportation to off compound locations? Any help is appreciated! Erin

TUTOR NEEDED FOR MY 8 YEAR OLD SON........ We are from NZ and I have two children ( a son & daughter ) at the British school and (a son) at the Multi National School, a place came up for my son at the British school but due to not passing his assessment and as he will need extra help they cant take him. As we thought he would get in because his siblings were in we have now lost our place at the Multi National school in Sept. I am extremely guttered. My only option is to find a tutor who can work with him.

I got a job in Derna hospital as a MOH nurse with with LYD 1100  .Is it good offer?

I've been offered a job in Vienna as a contractor for a couple of years, Ideally I'd like somewhere near the Favoriten area? As that's where my office will be. Can anyone help with websites in English that I can look at flats/apartments to rent without getting charged 'Holiday lettings' rates..? Bruce

I have been offered a temp job in Bergen Norway but they can't give me contract until I get a personnummer. I can't get a personnummer without a contract. Anyone any ideas on how to resolve this. Its Monday today and they want me to start Thursday so its pretty urgen.

Hi I am from Philippines and working in Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates. When my employer applied me for an Employment Visa they request me to go for medical in order to process the remaining documents. My question is, "Who will shoulder the medical expense since it is under the processing of the Employment Visa. Is it the "employer" or me(employee)? I am just confused since they asked me to pay for it AED 250.00