r/DubaiMallus

Hi everyone, I need some advice regarding my Emirates NBD credit card.
I have an outstanding balance of around AED 20,000, and my payment has been delayed for about 60 days. I recently received an email stating that my card has been permanently blocked and that the outstanding amount has been transferred to a third party for recovery.
I have already emailed the bank to ask about resolving the situation, but I haven't received any response.
Has anyone been through a similar situation with ENBD? What is the best way to handle this at this stage? Can I still request an installment/payment plan or negotiate a settlement with the bank or the third-party collection agency?
I want to resolve the debt and avoid the situation getting worse. Any advice or personal experience would be greatly appreciated.

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Thanks

I'm someone who frequently checks out new places if it's interesting. Mostly around oud metha, Karama, Bur Dubai and Al Nahda-Qusais areas. Also applies to malayali cafeterias/restaurants

Something I have been noticing recently is the service in these places have been shabby. Here are some of the things I have been facing

1. You enter the place and nobody takes your order for a good long time. You see staff standing and chit-chatting but they don't notice you until you make it very clear.

2. Many times it feels like they're just rushing to take your order which makes you think if they even full heard it

3. Sometimes unusually long wait times

4. When the food finally arrives, it's the wrong order. Something missing, something extra or something different which makes you rethink about point number 2.

5. When it comes to payment, this goes back to civic sense. It's such a chaos at the counter because everyone is just trying to put their card forward and shouting their order and no system in place.

What do you guys think?

Hi everyone,

Has anyone faced an issue where a UAE skilled employment visa got stuck or delayed because the name on the passport and educational certificates/documents were different?

In my case, my employer says the name difference could be one possible reason for the skilled visa application being stuck, but they haven’t confirmed the exact cause.

If anyone has faced a similar situation, how did you solve it?

Did you:

Provide additional documents/affidavits to prove the names belong to the same person?

Reapply with a different visa category?

Change the occupation/skill level?

Resolve it after entering the UAE?

Would really appreciate hearing from people who have actually gone through this and what worked for you.

Hi guys,

I’m relatively new to Dubai and would like to build a good professional/social network here. What are the best ways to meet people and build genuine connections in Dubai? Any suggestions or experiences?

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Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice regarding my UAE immigration status.
On June 10, 2026, I exited the UAE with an outpass. I had an overstaying fine of around AED 4,000, which I couldn’t pay before leaving.
The situation happened because my company had changed my visa/status, but they didn’t complete the visa stamping process. Because of this, my status remained incomplete and I ended up accumulating an overstay fine.
I eventually had to leave the country using an outpass without paying the fine.
Now I’m trying to understand:
Does exiting with an outpass automatically mean I have a UAE entry ban?
If I do have a ban, how long is it usually for?
Is there any way to check my current ban/immigration status from India?
Would the unpaid AED 4,000 fine affect my ability to get a new UAE visa in the future?
If anyone has gone through a similar situation, especially after leaving with an outpass, I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience.
Thanks in advance.

Hi guys,

I'm currently on a two month tourist visa and I have a Du tourist sim which I got from the airport. When will this sim expire? I'm seeing posts like "this will expire in 30 days from the date of issue". Is this the same for 60 days visa? Plus can I use this same sim if I need to extend my stay? Via an e visa or something???

I'm searching for flights from auh to trv but their website doesn't display any flights. Checking auh airport arrivals, I see flights. I also remember seeing check in counters active at tvm.

Do tickets have to be booked through the sales agent?

We’re two friends in Dubai who started Nanas Hearth as a little weekend passion project, cooking the food and family recipes we grew up with.

This Onam, we wanted to do something we haven’t done before - open Nana’s Table and bring together a small group of people for an intimate Onam afternoon.

We’re hosting 20 guests around one table at Alserkal Avenue on 29 August, with a full homemade sadya based on our family recipes, along with a few little Onam touches and surprises we’ve been working on. ❤️

You absolutely don’t need to come as a group. Come with your partner, bring your parents, bring a friend who has never experienced Onam before, or come by yourself and leave having met a few new people. That’s really the kind of table we want this to be.

📍 Alserkal Avenue, Dubai
📅 29 August | 1–4 PM
🌼 20 guests only
🍃 Full Onam Sadya
🎟 AED 210 per person

If anyone here would like to join us, message me and I’ll share the details. ❤️

And if you’re spending Onam away from home this year - you’re very welcome at our table.

Hi everyone,

I recently applied for credit cards but all three applications were rejected due to the salary requirement.

My salary will be increasing next month, and I’m planning to go on vacation in September. I’d like to get a credit card before my vacation, mainly to buy two phones.

Since I already have recent rejections, do I still have a chance of getting approved after my salary increase? Which bank would be better to try?

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Hello

I’m looking for recommendations for a good dermatologist in the UAE for seborrheic dermatitis. If you’ve personally visited someone who helped you manage it well, I’d really appreciate your recommendation.

I’m also trying to avoid unnecessarily expensive consultations, so if you know a good dermatologist/clinic that offers reasonable consultation fees, please share the name and location. 🙏

Preferably Sharjah or Dubai, but I’m willing to travel for a really good doctor.

Thanks in advance, everyone!

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21, few months into a new job here. Family back home covers rent/food, so my monthly outflow is mainly bills, family support, and personal costs.

Current plan:

• Small debt (~1,200-1,300 AED total) — clearing it over 2 months instead of all at once, to keep some buffer

• Saving in parallel for a trip home later this year

• Starting index fund investing (SIP) once the trip is funded

• Longer term, want to save for an MBA (maybe 2-3 years out) — ideally investing and MBA savings running together once both start

Questions:

1. Debt payoff + trip savings at the same time (rather than debt first, trip after) — reasonable, or should one come strictly before the other?

2. Investing + MBA fund in parallel on a modest income — doable, or better to sequence them?

3. Anyone dealt with earning in AED but investing back home — any gotchas with the exchange rate / remittance side?

Not after exact numbers, more whether the overall logic/order makes sense. Any input welcome.

Any idea what happened to Lallummas?
We used to order Onam sadhya from here every year but this year we are not celebrating as we lost someone. But now saw that it’s temporarily closed ??
Any idea if Al Qusais one is still open

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Planning a 5-year FCNR deposit, but worried about a "what if" — what if I have to move back to India permanently before it matures (job loss, family, whatever)?

I get that the deposit itself won't be force-closed — it runs till maturity at the same rate even after you become a resident. That part's clear.

What's NOT clear:

Does RNOR status (the tax-free transition window, ~2-3 years) apply automatically, or do I have to actively claim it somewhere?

If my KYC shows I'm back in India, does the bank immediately start taxing my FCNR interest, or only after RNOR ends?

Has anyone actually lived through this? Every RM gives me a different answer and I don't fully trust any of them anymore.

Would appreciate real experiences, not just RBI website rules. Thanks.