On Sunday I took my passport application papers to the Australian Consulate. The usual waiting time for a passport to be issued is 10 days but yesterday (Wed) Gail from the consulate rang me to say it was ready for collection.
Today Ramesh our office assistance took me to the RTA office in the frozen foods aisle of the Union Co-Op supermarket in Al Wasl where I presented my Australian licence and Australian passport. Hallelujah or more appropriately mash'allah, they issued me with a UAE drivers licence. A slight potential snaffu could have been caused by the fact that my residency permit is in my NZ passport and I was presenting an Aus passport to get the licence but luckily the issue didn't arise. The UAE drivers licence looks like a gold credit card (how Dubai).
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