Back in the mid 2000’s when I first left the country to look for a job in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, I wasn’t lucky enough to land a permanent and stable job immediately. My visa was only for two months and so imagine how pressured I was to get a job as soon as possible.
I do not have a laptop and internet connection at home that time so my daily routine was to wake up before 7AM, buy a newspaper, list down the email addresses and fax numbers of prospective employers or companies, eat breakfast and go to an internet cafe to send out my CVs to the company emails I have collected. My finances are limited so I really do not really spend a lot of time in the internet cafe. After I send out my application, I immediately go back home, rest and wait until someone calls me for job interviews. This went on for a few days and weeks!
I received several calls and interviews from different companies, the problem was they offer really low salary since they know that I am on a visit visa and I am in need of a job. I refused a lot of offers hoping that I will land a good paying job soon. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen. So, I decided to accept a job offer which pays quite a good salary but was not I was looking for at that time. The company was willing to provide me a visa but I was hesitant to give my passport as I was not ready to be with them for next months or years. So then, I decided to quit my job after almost a month. My visa was expiring so I had to go to a nearby island called Kish – IRAN. I visited this place for about 7 times since the next job I got was good but never provided me a working visa. The owner shouldered all my expenses when I need to have a visa run so I really did not complain and I like the job and the owner was so nice to me so I feel like it was all okey.
I have a lot of good and bad stories to tell but I would just tell you when we meet someday… somewhere .
I finally got a good paying job and they provided me a working visa. I had to go to Kish for the last time to change my visa from visit to working. Since, I knew it was the last visit, I made sure I would enjoy it. So I decided to tour the Island and went to visit its tourist spots.
wow! Kish, Iran is beautiful. Always been curois about it.
Hi Gael, first thanks for the add sa PTB. actually Kish is a very interesting place and the beaches there are really nice. If you visit UAE you should try visiting KIsh as well it's just about 30-45 minutes flight from Dubai 🙂
finally i saw pictures of this island.i've heard so many stories about this place from my ofw friends.it looks interesting.
Thanks for dropping by Melvin, i actually have a lot of good and bad stories to tell about this little Island 🙂