UAE national ID cards

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PhillT

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226 months

Wednesday 19th November 2008
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Any of you got them yet? As a relatively recent arrival out here, I only found out about them a couple of weeks ago. Employers hadn't mentioned it before and I hadn't noticed anything about them in the papers.
Having got my form sorted, I've been trying for some time to get an appointment either by the website or over the phone, and have got nowhere. The website doesn't work, and the guys on the phone just tell me to go to the website. Useless.
As I understand it, I face either running the risk of trouble should I need official ID after Dec 31, or I queue at one of the registration centres from 3am with the thousands of other people, with no guarantee of actually getting served.
Am I missing something, or is it really this badly organised?