Dubai As A Base For Working In Baku?

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Dubai as a base for working in Baku? Dec 14, 2006
This may be a bit of a strange one, especially for this forum but here goes anyway!

I have been offered a position by my current employers in the Caspian Sea region, it was provisionally for me to live in Baku on a rota basis as I have family who are not keen to relocate to Azerbaijan.

Would it be feasible to use the UAE as a base for my job, this would have tax benefits and my family would be happier to come with me. I guess my question to the Dubai community is, has anyone out there done something similar? I would be grateful for any feedback.

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Pete :?

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Dec 14, 2006
Who would be providing you with a Residence Permit in Dubai, this will be required for you to enter into Rental contract, obtain Driving License etc. or would you be purchasing a property?
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Dec 14, 2006
My company would provide housing if they agreed to my base being in UAE.

What I am trying to find out is whether other expats have been able to work using UAE as a base country - to then work in countries as far afield as Azerbaijan?
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Dec 15, 2006
Peter Satchwell wrote:My company would provide housing if they agreed to my base being in UAE.

What I am trying to find out is whether other expats have been able to work using UAE as a base country - to then work in countries as far afield as Azerbaijan?


Go back to my previous answer, who will provide residence permit?.

Following that I can tell you that their are some people here that do work as you are suggesting.
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Dec 15, 2006
I have a friend whos office in is in Sharjah but lives in Dubai. has been here 2 years and is still on visit visa because he is constantly travelling to work in other countries, Europe, China etc. As he only spends a week or so here at a time he just enters the country on visit visa.

Dont know how it will work with your family living here though.
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Dec 15, 2006
Thanks for your replies,

Sage and Onion, my company would provide my residence visa as we have an office in Abu Dhabi that I could spend some time at. This is all conjecture at this point...just seeing if it is something I can suggest to employers?
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Dec 15, 2006
Well,

My dad used to work and live in Baku from March 2002 until he re-located to Dubai in May this year and having visited Baku several times, I can say that it's a lot better than it was back in 2002.

In terms of families not willing to relocate there, have they visited before? As the saying goes "suck it and see".

But I have to say, Dubai is better for families.

Ross :D
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Re: Dubai as a base for working in Baku? Dec 16, 2006
Peter Satchwell wrote:Would it be feasible to use the UAE as a base for my job, this would have tax benefits and my family would be happier to come with me. I guess my question to the Dubai community is, has anyone out there done something similar? I would be grateful for any feedback.

I've been doing like this so far. My employer, home, and family are based in Dubai. Mostly I travel a lot from one client to another client within Middle East and South Asia. Sometimes I need to stay for months. It is really tough to leave the family (I miss my daughter a lot), but I hope this is for the best and I have no choice after all. I'd visit my family on weekend once every 4-6 weeks so my daughter won't forget her father is ;)
As for my wife, she's happy enough to be handed my ATM card and a Gold Visa supplement card :P

As for you, I'd suggest to negotiate somehow so that you can go back home every 1-2 month or so. Good if you can get it paid by the employer.
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Dec 16, 2006
Peter Satchwell wrote:Thanks for your replies,

Sage and Onion, my company would provide my residence visa as we have an office in Abu Dhabi that I could spend some time at. This is all conjecture at this point...just seeing if it is something I can suggest to employers?


Peter, in this case it can work very well, the regulation regarding Residence permit is that you must not leave the country for more than 6 months at a time, so your Company could employ you from their Abu Dhabi office and your family could reside in Abu Dhabi or Dubai without to many problems.
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