m_a_tansley
English looking for information about United Arab Emirates
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Lives in Gloucester
Registration: 10 June 2013
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Rakess and general info on RAK by aliwise
Hi everyone hope you are well. My husband and i will be moving to RAK in September, please would you be so kind as to give tips on cost of living , working at Rakess, tips for newbies especially with a 1 year old? Any advice would be greatly ...
Hi Aliwise Your husband Nick may be teaching my eldest son Patrick then as we have put all three of ours in the BC school and he will be in year 4 in September. Our shipping is not going until the 25th July, but we are almost ready to go now. Matt Read More
Rakess and general info on RAK by aliwise
Hi everyone hope you are well. My husband and i will be moving to RAK in September, please would you be so kind as to give tips on cost of living , working at Rakess, tips for newbies especially with a 1 year old? Any advice would be greatly ...
Sorry, another thought is that if you send stuff by ship, it will take 6-10 weeks to arrive and if it goes by groupage (shared container) it won't leave port, until the "shared container" going to the UAE is full. This means that your stuff could ... Read More
Rakess and general info on RAK by aliwise
Hi everyone hope you are well. My husband and i will be moving to RAK in September, please would you be so kind as to give tips on cost of living , working at Rakess, tips for newbies especially with a 1 year old? Any advice would be greatly ...
Hi Les I had the same problem with one company who said that they would not ship, even after I said that it is impossible to get a residence visa for the UAE unless you are in the UAE!! We then went with another company who said that as long as we ... Read More
Rakess and general info on RAK by aliwise
Hi everyone hope you are well. My husband and i will be moving to RAK in September, please would you be so kind as to give tips on cost of living , working at Rakess, tips for newbies especially with a 1 year old? Any advice would be greatly ...
I believe that we will not get our resident visas until we arrive. if you have a British passport, then you can enter UAE on your passport and get a visa stamp at the airport that is valid for 90 days (I think?). You get you residence visa when in ... Read More
Rakess and general info on RAK by aliwise
Hi everyone hope you are well. My husband and i will be moving to RAK in September, please would you be so kind as to give tips on cost of living , working at Rakess, tips for newbies especially with a 1 year old? Any advice would be greatly ...
I was told about it in my branch in Gloucester. it costs 拢100 if you have a normal account and 拢50 if you have an advance account. If you have an advance account, in theory you will get an advance account in the UAE. You just need to make an ... Read More
Rakess and general info on RAK by aliwise
Hi everyone hope you are well. My husband and i will be moving to RAK in September, please would you be so kind as to give tips on cost of living , working at Rakess, tips for newbies especially with a 1 year old? Any advice would be greatly ...
Thought I would add this if it applies to anyone. If you bank with HSBC, you can set up an account in the UAE before you go. We have set up a savings account with a debit card attached so we could send money over before we leave, It is then ... Read More
Shipping to RAK by Coachles
Hello there. We are moving to RAK in August and I'm trying to get some quotes for shipping over some of our personal effects. Can anyone recommend a competitive and reliable company please? Cheers. Les
We went with a company called Hunts International who are based in Redditch, They quoted us 拢545 for 70 cubic feet. This is for a door to door service, with us self packing. We are only bringing over pictures and some knick knacks as well as kids ... Read More
Rakess and general info on RAK by aliwise
Hi everyone hope you are well. My husband and i will be moving to RAK in September, please would you be so kind as to give tips on cost of living , working at Rakess, tips for newbies especially with a 1 year old? Any advice would be greatly ...
Hi Ali I am still in Gloucester. Apologies if my post did not make sense or sounded a little patronising! We are flying out at the same time as all of you guys. I have learnt a reasonable amount through contact with the school via Skype and ... Read More
Rakess and general info on RAK by aliwise
Hi everyone hope you are well. My husband and i will be moving to RAK in September, please would you be so kind as to give tips on cost of living , working at Rakess, tips for newbies especially with a 1 year old? Any advice would be greatly ...
Hi, I'm Matt and I will be the Head of Science at RAK Academy. I am moving over with my wife and three kids who will all be going to the BC school. I got my job in March, so we are a little ahead of some of you in the process I think! It is ... Read More