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helenl · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 1202

My definition of a desirable tertiary employer includes those that provide employees with legal documentation to work in the country, pay a living wage in full and on time, have reasonable working hours and performance expectations, give decent accomodation, pay medical and education and yearly tickets home, and don't abuse their employees.

Perhaps that's too broad a definition?

MrScaramanga · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 221

Not at all! I was just surprised that from "most" desirable employers, you then reduced your statement to your employer. To me that's a far cry from claiming "most" desirable employers require a document, when it turns out you don't actually know what their requirements are.
MrS

kiefer · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 268

As previously hinted at, if they are all misdemeonors and more than twenty years old, why haven't you had them expunged? Sounds like you got your mind right to me.

helenl · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 1202

here's the link to ZUs website http://www.zu.ac.ae/employment/html/ImportantDocuments.htm

Hope that helps MrS

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Hey Helen...

I can't find any police report there on either the AD or Dubai forms. One of them mentioned completing the security form. I've done one of those for a couple of my jobs, but it never involved me going to any police department anywhere and getting papers.

It was just a long boring form listing where I was and when (from birth...). Oman had the longest one of these... took forever to fill it out.

VS

MrScaramanga · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 221

Thanks for the link, Helen. However, like VS, I couldn't find a police check listed anywhere. In fact, the Dubai checklist doesn't even contain the infamous security clearance form! Ironic, isn't it?

Ditto, VS. When I filled out security clearance forms, they were just lists of places you'd lived prior to moving to the UAE.

As I understand it, it is to establish whether or not you have resided in the UAE or any other GCC country in the past and to verify you don't have any outstanding debt (a crime in this part of the world) in any of these places. It appears that GCC countries have agreements allowing them to exchange this information for a security check. However, they do not have the authority to check for a criminal background beyond these borders.

MrS