Living In Dubai

In Dubai education becomes compulsory for all children from the age of five with state education freely available to UAE nationals up to the age of eighteen.  Expatriates moving to live and work in Dubai usually send their children to one of over eighty private and fee paying schools available in the UAE that mainly follow the British or American national curricula.

There are also schools available in the UAE catering to children from French, German, Egyptian, Indian, Pakistani, Filipino and Japanese backgrounds and the standard and availability of education in Dubai is generally very high.  This article examines the options available to parents of children living in Dubai from pre-school age right through to tertiary education age.

There are two important facts to bear in mind when considering jobs in Dubai; firstly every level of the labour market is essentially made up of foreign professionals and workers, and secondly the rate at which Dubai is expanding geographically, economically and physically means that there is an annual increase in the number of available jobs in Dubai at the present time.

Dubai has become synonymous with chic, sophisticated and exotic city living and with a rich lifestyle, a wealthy bank balance and a tax friendly business environment.  It is therefore of no surprise that there’s an abundance of expatriates moving to work in Dubai and a consistent inward flow of companies establishing operations in Dubai – naturally this means that there is as great a demand for jobs in Dubai as there is demand for professional employees thus creating great opportunity and huge potential.

Dubai is an energetic and frenetic location where the emphasis is on opportunity and excitement and where expatriates who move to live and work in the emirate find that they work hard, play hard, earn a decent salary and get to enjoy life in one of the world’s most glamorous destinations.

This article is an introduction to living and working in Dubai for all those budding expatriates keen on starting a new life overseas and who would like to know about the realities of everything from getting a visa to work in Dubai to finding accommodation, from settling children into school in the UAE to socializing and networking in the emirate.