Planning to relocate to Dubai

Hi

Salary in Dubai (and most of Middle East) is market-driven.  In fact, today the trend is similar in many parts of the world.  So do not try to weigh your years of experience.

Coming to your situation, you can find a competitive accommodation in JLT area, more like at least 5K per month. The unfortunate fact here is everybody pays the year's rent by post-dated cheques in advance. [I have questioned the legality of this in some forums, but nobody has provided a good answer].  To be able to rent a flat, take your company's help.  Most decent firms help their employees to settle in by way of advance payments.  In any case, you will need your residence visa done before being able to rent a home under your own name.  Till such time your employer should be able to provide a place.

Your savings will depend on your lifestyle.

The salary is a bit low as compare to your experience !

Hello,

Thanks for your reply. However the firm is providing me with only 2 weeks of accomodation. How do i go about searching for a monthly accomodation. My employer told that he will take care of my visa procedures. Is this the residency visa. Do you get a residency visa after your arrival in Dubai or before.

Hi,

I am wanting to move to UAE and get a job out there IA, im just wondering the best ways to do this:

would it be best for me to go out there first with my CV and approach employers.

OR

would it be better to apply from the UK.

Any information in relation to this is much appreciated.

Thanks

Residency Visa is given only after a medical check up in UAE.  Depending on your company's ways of handling this, the process can be done even in one day, or could take even a month.  Expect 2 weeks on average with ordinary firms.

Hi Ganesh,

ur offer is ok or not that only u can decide, because that totaly depends on the kind of profile u have been offered and what is your area of expertise , as far as savings are concern ur saving will be depending on your lifestyle . ur major expense will be the accommodation and school fee if uhave kids , other expenses will be in between 2500-3000 maximum .u can search on dubizzle.com for accomodation u r looking for , I will suggest you to go for studio initialy if u r coming with ur family or else go for sharing accomodation or a single room if u r coming alone u can get these options at per month payment basis.

and yes u can very easily save 7000 if you have control on expenses.

Well - Erkamp has come on rather strongly...
First up, if your office is in JLT, does not mean you need to live close by.  There are affordable accommodations in Dubai, and you can find your way by Metro rail or bus, or a car lift.  For a person from Mumbai, commuting in Dubai will be a piece of cake.
I agree with the comments on Medical Insurance and Annual leave tickets, whcih most decent companies are providing nowadays, hope the OP's is one of them.  Not sure if OP is coming with family and child(ren), if yes, the comments about school fees are fully valid.
A note on Dubai driving - the bad drivers are always there in any country, but to say very few have manners is a sweeping statement.  And it is not all chaos.  I have been driving here nearly 20 years, so I can say this with experience.
Bottom line - have control on expenses.