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Travel / Re: My Journey From Nigeria To Dubai Part 1 by Dubaiguy: 4:54am On Jul 05, 2022 |
Elektra008: This no fit work |
Travel / Re: My Journey From Nigeria To Dubai Part 1 by Dubaiguy: 12:38pm On Jul 01, 2022 |
aieromon: Hahahahahahah the guy still no pay o, story for another day 1 Like |
Travel / Re: My Journey From Nigeria To Dubai Part 1 by Dubaiguy: 12:34pm On Jul 01, 2022 |
tillaman: 100% accurate. The Judicial system? I will talk about it. |
Travel / Re: My Journey From Nigeria To Dubai Part 1 by Dubaiguy: 12:32pm On Jul 01, 2022 |
lereinter: May God help us, its not easy |
Travel / Re: My Journey From Nigeria To Dubai Part 1 by Dubaiguy: 12:31pm On Jul 01, 2022 |
SouthSouth1914: People wan japa by force, and by the way, UAE seems to have one of the easiest means of entering. Just pay an agent and get 3months visa |
Travel / Re: My Journey From Nigeria To Dubai Part 1 by Dubaiguy: 12:29pm On Jul 01, 2022 |
aieromon: Yes there is.... Watch out! Please sub as well |
Travel / Re: My Journey From Nigeria To Dubai Part 1 by Dubaiguy: 12:28pm On Jul 01, 2022 |
samhay: |
Travel / Re: My Journey From Nigeria To Dubai Part 1 by Dubaiguy: 5:52am On Jul 01, 2022 |
Moh247: Coconut head people still no go hear o. See that part where they will post job All Nationality Can Apply Except Nigerian breaks my heart alot. Like why the hate too much. By the way, no be Nigerians commit crime pass o, but we are just disadvantaged everywhere |
Travel / Re: My Journey From Nigeria To Dubai Part 1 by Dubaiguy: 5:49am On Jul 01, 2022 |
Moh247: Its not worth it o But another problem is, our people no dey hear word, i had many people contacted me for 3months visa and i told them the reality on ground(including a friend) they thought i no want make dem make am. They went to agents and got thr 3months visa, now messaging me when they land, the need cheap accommodation and any help to get job Am like, are you guys serious? 8 Likes 1 Share |
Travel / Re: My Journey From Nigeria To Dubai Part 1 by Dubaiguy: 5:42am On Jul 01, 2022 |
Moh247: UAE has gone so bad brother. If you are black African, you have limited chance, if you be Nigerian, you have ZERO CHANCE To get the freezone visa na war, what people are doing now is 3years partnership visa, and i must tell you, its so hard to get job wit it because it is partnership visa(a visa that indicates that you own a business) but agents sell it to people anyhow unfortunately, many will pay close to 1.5m for it and still will not get any freelance job. 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: My Journey From Nigeria To Dubai Part 1 by Dubaiguy: 5:39am On Jul 01, 2022 |
samhay: Hmmmm God is faithful. r231, Freiburger, Justwise, DisGuy what do you think? |
Travel / Re: My Journey From Nigeria To Dubai Part 1 by Dubaiguy: 5:38am On Jul 01, 2022 |
Suzam: Thank God for life boss. Dubai is fine o, but things are not the same. @jack of all trade man must survive 1 Like |
Travel / Re: How To Identify Fake Visa And Job Agents (uae/dubai) by Dubaiguy: 5:02am On Jul 01, 2022 |
GalaxieseventsW: Sorry for the late response Yes you can get 3years visa, but its not actually a work visa, so e go still hard to use it to het work o |
Travel / My Journey From Nigeria To Dubai Part 1 by Dubaiguy: 4:50am On Jul 01, 2022 |
Hello my people, its been ages, but today i'll share with you my journey from how i left Nigeria and how things has been First off - I used to say Dubai is a pathway especially if you are a Nigerian it cannot be considered as a destination(As at today, i dont think it should even be considered as a pathway or route anymore) Nigeria I used to be a Teacher/Assistant Headmaster in a school in Lagos where my salary was 10,000naira when i started in 2010,but was increased to 12,000naira in 2015. So i had to do alot of other things to keep body and soul. I was blessed with a Woman godmother when i got to Lagos, she picked me up while i was sleeping in an uncompleted building (Backstory for Another day). She help me to get the teaching job and introduced me to side-hustles like Alaga ijoko/iduro(Wedding Engagement and Introduction Anchor). I am actually a very shy person but i managed to learn how to become extrovert when i need to make money and then back to my shell after each event. She taught me event decorations as well, so we go together decorate centres and i anchor the events at church, schools, weddings, anniversaries and so on I also started coaching students also. 3days private lesson for pupils at their homes, all these are what i was doing just to fetch some cash. I also play drums and a very little keyboard, so i do get some tokens after playing at some churches. While doing all these, during 3rd term school holiday, i enrollment myself as an apprentice to learn barbing(was told i can make loads of money if i travel to the US and that was my plan). I wasn't always consistently going to the shop because i had to attend school coaching lessons, but i manage to grab as much as i can during the training and i was able to start barbing kids on Sunday evenings around my area. How Dubai Journey Started Around June 2015, a neighbor from our former area in Ibadan also a family friend called and informed my Mum about a slot opened in Dubai(his Son was in Dubai), incase she will be interested in wanting me to go. So my Mum she called me and was like how much do you have? Since this US plan might take a while, why not go to Dubai first and then move to US later from there. Raising Money If you are a bit familiar with gigabytes and Megabytes around 2014/2015, you will remember tweaking IMEI and stuffs like that, through this means, i was able to raise around 450k. I paid the money for the visa processing and the guy was faithful enough( Dubai August 3rd 2015, I landed in Dubai around 5am and i got the first shock of my life 1. HEAT!!! Everywhere was already bright and sunny so early in the morning 2. I got to the accommodation and what did i see? BEDBUG. Many people will not tell you this, Dubai is home for bedbugs most especially if you stay in a bedspace. I was taken to the accommodation where we were 8 in the room, and the owner of the company that made my visa came to collect my passport (i was told thats the norm) First Day At Work The next day we were told to dress up for work and guess where i will be working? Car wash Emi? odindi Uncle Samson (Me? A whole Uncle Samson) that always dress smart every morning with tie. On my first day we washed between 200-250cars(6 of us) at the Toyota showroom in sharjah, and within 3days,my body couldn't stand it, I started feeling pain around my upper back and shoulder, i complaimed bitterly to the boss and on the 4th day, i was told to pack my baggages and was transferred to Al ain(in Abu Dhabi). Life In Al ain In Al ain, i am to work as a cleaner, i took it in my stride especially since it was not as difficult as the car wash and i was awarded employee of the month for couple of months and with time, i was promoted to become cleaner supervisor. The only perk is, i now clean less, my salary which was 900dirhams(60k back then) remained same. The unfortunate part was that the salary will not come until the 10th-12th of the new month. It was difficult to survive but i kept saving, especially when i saw Nigerians working as Security guards and earning 2000dirhams. With time, i had enough saved to go for the security certification. I took unauthorized 5days off to attend the security training (salary was deducted but i was focused on the bigger picture) when result came, i passed and I started applying for security job. But everything got messed up when i heard more details about security job[b][s]I did not make full findings before going for the training, na that 2000dirhams dey enter my eye[/s][/b]. I heard that as a Security guard, you don't have day-off, meaning you work throughout the month, if you take a day off, your salary will be deducted and in some companies, you get only one day off in a month. I was demoralized especially the fact that my hard earned money had been invested. I stopped applying for Security jobs because i couldn't imagine working 30days in a month. After a while, some people advised me to go enrol for Safety course, i made enquiry and started saving and i enrolled myself again in NEBOSH & IOSH safety course. I passed and started started sending my CVs but got nothing because most companies wanted someone with experience. I got myself involved in visa processing (As agent hoping to get some profit) i collected money from close family friends in naija to help process 3months visa and i got scammed, i started paying debt LEFT, RIGHT & CENTRE After around 18 months in Dubai, i was able to bring 2 of my siblings(1 came with his wife) and My wife also came. One of my siblings could not get a job after 3months and had to go back home, my wife as well. A month to the end of my contract, the owner of the company called me to ask if i will like to renew, which i rejected. I refused and told him i got a job already[b]Faith[/b] I kept applying for HSE jobs but got nothing, a day to the end of my contract, i decided to start applying for different other jobs especially Sales. (i Googled [/i]retail companies in Dubai[/i] and got loads of companies) i started applying and sending my CV to all the companies. My contract finished and i stopped going to work, i left the company accommodation moved in with a friend of mine who was into Sales. I followed him to work and learnt from him alot. After contract expired, i had 28days grace period to find another job and get another sponsor or go back home. A week to the end of my grace period, a company called me and asked me to come for an interview for a sales job, i was excited and started preparing for the interview until my friend reminded me about most sales job requesting for driving license. I had to call back the HR to inform them i dont have a license, so she can confirm if i should come or not, but luckily she said the job does not require having a license. Playing Smart On the day of the interview, i was supposed to be there by 11am, but i was late, why? I had no money for transportation so i had to start begging at the bus station, i got lucky, someone gave me what i needed to get to Dubai, but i got to the location late. Just trying to be smart, i reset my wrist watch to 10:45am and hide the time on my phone and said to myself, if they ask me why i was late, i will show them my watch and tell them i wasn't, but i got upstairs and no one questioned me. Long story short, i passed the first stage of the interview, went for the 2nd interview about 3days after and passed as well and i was told to come and start work immediately. At this point, i was having just 2days left on my grace period, they agreed to apply immediately and if i should be on overstay by the time my visa is out, i will have to pay from my salary which i agreed to. In Dubai, after the end of your contract, you are entitled to be paid some % of your basic salary multiplied by the number of months you worked as a gratuity. I was expecting to get that and use it to settle down with my new job but guess what? My boss said i already collected my gratuity, i tried to report him to the Ministry of Labour in the country and i got the shock of my life. This man presented a document showing my signature signed that i already collected the money. (The signature i signed when they were processing my visa was lifted and pasted on this document).. Sleeping By The Roadside Now i have to resume work in Dubai, which means i have to move all my luggages to Dubai. After my first day at works, i had no where to sleep since i was new in Dubai, so i went to the mall opposite my place of work hoping to sleep there, but around 12am, the security guys came to me and told me to leave, i tried to lie and told them i had a flight to catch by 3am and won't want to waste money booking a hotel. They refused and i found myself outside the mall, having nowhere to go, i just looked around and slept just by the roadside and when it was dawn i ran back to the mall early enough to get cleaned up and prepare for work again.... You can check the source for more information and please don't send me a pm. Rather a comment on the video will be seen and addressed. Justwise, Disguy, r231, Freiburger, uboma, mukina2, davide470 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8PgESjJkEA 4 Likes 1 Share |
Travel / Re: How To Identify Fake Visa And Job Agents (uae/dubai) by Dubaiguy: 7:53am On Nov 26, 2021 |
Andercruz: McAy TV is the name on YouTube |
Travel / Re: How To Identify Fake Visa And Job Agents (uae/dubai) by Dubaiguy: 7:51am On Nov 26, 2021 |
Hezzyluv: Am so sorry about your experience |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 10:08am On Aug 01, 2021 |
Tadeknkeepcalm: Na so I see am |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 10:05am On Aug 01, 2021 |
kayjay69: Summary, double standard, YES! But we really need to do better 1 Like |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 9:57am On Aug 01, 2021 |
ProphetofOdin: I am a Nigerian and I stay away from blacks generally in Dubai, cos they tag every blacks as Nigerian. I told my landlord, if you if you admit Black Africans in this flat, I'll leave and I promise, you will regret renting house to them. 1 Like |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 9:51am On Aug 01, 2021 |
gare: 100% Support 1 Like |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 9:49am On Aug 01, 2021 |
TsaTrinity: I doubt that ur friend was denied. Did ur friend see the document dat stated DENIED? Did your friend get a refund? If both answers is NO Your friend was scammed 1 Like 1 Share |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 9:44am On Aug 01, 2021 |
tolexy123: With what survey? |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 7:11am On Aug 01, 2021 |
Cnach: Unfortunately, it's the truth |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 7:11am On Aug 01, 2021 |
kechywillz: Na so, I once saw 2ladies *Literally* dragging a guy to come upstairs and have sex for cheap price 1 Like 1 Share |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 7:10am On Aug 01, 2021 |
Cnach: I had to exonerate the government. What happened to WHEN YOU ARE IN ROME, YOU BEHAVE LIKE ROMANS Buhari or the man whose hand is tied did not come here to form cult, and start stealing. Ẹ no come do olosho for Dubai. Things are bad in the country, YES! You manage to escape the country and u misbehave and still wanna blame the Govt. C'mon man! 9 Likes |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 9:41pm On Jul 31, 2021 |
majamajic: U speechless ni? 1 Like |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 9:41pm On Jul 31, 2021 |
MurderX: Ẹ be like say charity Don die ó, 12 Likes |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 9:40pm On Jul 31, 2021 |
Henrydonland: You can say that again Disguy, Justwise, odumchi, Fulaman198, bigfrancis21 |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 9:40pm On Jul 31, 2021 |
sketcherJ: Nigerians need orientation before traveling out. It's getting out of hand 15 Likes |
Crime / Re: How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 7:42pm On Jul 31, 2021 |
Yes, situation is really bad..... Disguy, Justwise, Royalroy, lawyer, Freiburger, r231 have u seen this? 3 Likes |
Crime / How Bad Nigerians Are Worsening Relations Between Nigeria And UAE by Dubaiguy: 7:36pm On Jul 31, 2021 |
I am sorry I haven’t created new videos for some time. I have been busy with work and daddy duties lol. However, the deteriorating relations between Nigeria and UAE prompted me to make this video. It has never been this worse and it keeps getting critical every day. If we don’t address this issue faster, soon, average Nigerians won’t be able to visit UAE, not to mention getting jobs and staying there. The Nigerians living in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and also other regions of the country would be targeted by the police and Arab citizens. I have been in living in UAE for several years and I can authoritatively tell you that Nigeria has always been a good ally of UAE right from time. Nigerians come here to invest, buy goods, houses, for vacations etc. It was good business for everybody (We still do though). We were also highly popular and respected for our football prowess. Ask any average Arab citizen on the road about Nigeria and he/she will mention our legendary footballers like Okocha, Kanu, Amokachi, Rashidi Yekini etc. How did the problem start by the way? No it’s not the Nigerian government, the issue is largely due to the activities of unscrupulous Nigerians and other Africans in the UAE which has battered our reputation over time. Let’s look at some factors and instances. 2014 Nigerian Armed Robbery This armed robbery carried out by Five Nigerians at an exchange bank in UAE signified the beginning of the end of Nigerians’ good standing with Dubai. From my personal experience and research, the 2014 robbery incidence would be the first major armed robbery experience in UAE. The Nigerians carted away millions of dirhams but were caught and prosecuted. The robbery incidence gained domestic and international exposure, and with it comes damaging problems for the Nigerian image. It was the first time the name Nigeria would start being known for crime in the UAE. It was so grave that around that time, UAE stopped issuing Visas to Nigerians. Prostitution Another prevailing issue destroying Nigeria’s image is the high rate of Nigerian ladies into prostitution in the state. We can’t blame these ladies entirely because some of them were trafficked and tricked by conmen who promised them jobs upon arrival. However, they were met with the harsh realities of selling their bodies before they can even eat. Many also come unprepared and because they couldn’t get jobs and don’t want to face “embarrassment” at home, they go into prostitution. The most disappointing thing is that they sell their bodies cheaply. When I came here, it was general knowledge that with at least 20 dirhams, you can sleep with African especially Nigerian prostitutes. It would interest you to know that the first advice I was given by a Nigerian, a popular Nairalander when I landed in Dubai is to go into the prostitution business as a love-vendor. Lol, rent a house, bring girls from Nigeria, ensure they sleep in the house and pay me commission as returns on my investment. Very bad.. More about this in the video. Public Fighting: Cultists taking their madness overseas, fight in clubs, on the streets etc., you know the drill. Bad Work Ethics: Nigerians stealing money at work, committing other offences and giving their UAE employees a bad experience. This spoils the chances of other honest and hardworking Nigerians looking for jobs in the country. Now it is not uncommon to find UAE companies publicly stating that Nigerians are not allowed in their companies. Hushpuppi: Won’t go into much details about this. Everybody heard the news. As it was popular over there in Nigeria, the story of Hushpuppi’s infamous lifestyle and grand arrest is also widely known here. More bad for Nigeria’s image. Tell a UAE citizen that you are from Nigeria and he/she will be like “oh Hushpuppi country.” Foreigner’s Activities: Because Nigeria is now almost synonymous to crime in UAE, we have had experiences of other African nationals disguising as Nigerian citizens when they commit crimes. Recently there was a robbery incident, it was widely reported to be carried out by Nigerians. It was later when the police carried out their investigations and caught the thieves that they realized that they were Cameroonians and not Nigerians. There are more cases like this, some of which I have personally experienced. I don’t want this article to be too long to make it easier and faster to read, so I won’t be able to cover more than this here. However if you want to know more or planning to come to UAE soon, please watch the video. Liking and subscribing on my channel will go a long way too. Thanks. What can we do to get out of this? Now many Nigerians are in UAE on a three month visa. Because of this prevailing issue, they would never get jobs, they will overstay their visa and most will become illegal. I made some recommendations for the UAE Government at the end of the video. It will affect lots of people, but those are what I could think of. The cycle continues and more headache for Nigeria and Nigerians living in Diaspora. What are your solutions? You can check the source for more information and please don't send me a pm. Rather a comment on the video will be seen and addressed. Thank you Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHCGaNsGpgE 107 Likes 10 Shares |
Travel / Re: How To Identify Fake Visa And Job Agents (uae/dubai) by Dubaiguy: 4:00pm On Jun 28, 2021 |
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