first steps

Yes, we finally want to move to Dubai too.
Actually we wanted to move to South East Asia, Singapore in particular. But it turned out not to be possible. Reasons are the financial crisis among others such as slow processes.

Hence, as my employer IBM is looking for positions to be filled in Dubai we decided to take the challenge. Yet we are not there and nothing is decided actually. However, we will need to prepare ourself for this move and for our first look-and-see visit.
So I called the UAE Embassy in Dubai and asked about the visa procedure. Well, for Swiss citizens it should be no issue and I should be able to collect a tourist visa right at the airport. For my lovely Indonesian wife Tabita it should also be fairly easy. The only thing we are asked to do is to send a copy of her passport to the hotel we will be staying in - that's it! The hotel will then do all the rest and prepare a visa for collection at the airport.
Thats' cool!