I will be moving to Australia next month via Emirates and will be having a 9hrs stopover in Dubai. Please i need to know if I will be allowed to go into Dubai town to shop for jewellery. Do I need a transit visa? How do I get it? Also, how advisable is it to go to town or can I buy gold at the dutyfree shops in the airport?
Sorry for so many questions Just want to be better informed.
Thank you.

You wont need a transit visa and like no other airport in the world ur shopping for gold is available at the airport. If u wanna go to town apply for Dubai entry visa b4 departure. U need to be watchful because 9hrs is a short time to go to town and return, u don't wanna be in a hurry so u don't end up loosing vital travel documents.

9hrs too small? :oGuess I will have to make do with airport shopping. Thanks a lot.

Yup, assuming u r going to town u have to -1hr for immigration formalities while going out of the airport, -30mins for immigration stamps security checking while returning to the airport and -2hrs additional for you to be at the airport before departure for all other protocol, so in all it takes away 3hr:30mins from ur 9hrs which leaves u with 5hr:30mins. Depending on where u r going to shop and what time of the week it is u might come across small traffic in some sections of Dubai, if u going as far as Australia trust me u don't wanna be stressed.

Maybe you might want to spend a whole day in Dubai. Emirates offers an overnight visa arrangement. You can stay for a day overnight at one of those hotels near the airport, then you can go into town for the day. The old souk you can access by metro and taxi - train to Khalid Bin Al Waleed, and cab/bus to Al Sabkha bus station. If you take a cab directly from the airport, it is a lot faster than taking the train, provided it's not rush hour.

The new souk is at Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall, and you might as well shop at the airport, with the kind of prices they offer.
There's usually a lot of traffic going into the city center. Also, when you're shopping, 9 hours can run out real quick.

dinggle:

Yup, assuming u r going to town u have to -1hr for immigration formalities while going out of the airport, -30mins for immigration stamps security checking while returning to the airport and -2hrs additional for you to be at the airport before departure for all other protocol, so in all it takes away 3hr:30mins from your 9hrs which leaves u with 5hr:30mins.

Nah.
The protocols when travelling with a Naija passport can be done in under an hour - eye scan and immigration stamp. Those guys at Terminal 3 don't mess about, unless you have issues. They don't even chat with people or ask irrelevant questions.

^^Thank you so much. I may as well shop at the airport, just that I was hoping for a better bargain going to the gold market. I hope the airport prices are not cut-throat?

oge4real:

I will be moving to Australia next month via Emirates and will be having a 9hrs stopover in Dubai. Please i need to know if I will be allowed to go into Dubai town to shop for jewellery. Do I need a transit visa? How do I get it? Also, how advisable is it to go to town or can I buy gold at the dutyfree shops in the airport?
Sorry for so many questions Just want to be better informed.
Thank you.

Hello Oge4real,
You can get a 48Hours (2days) Dubai visa to enable you do your shopping as well as you desire.We can package that for you alongside with your flight ticket to Australia supposing you want to buy your ticket from our agency.For more information,checkout our website:www.kenariesng.com

kenforum:

Hello Oge4real,
You can get a 48Hours (2days) Dubai visa to enable you do your shopping as well as you desire.We can package that for you alongside with your flight ticket to Australia supposing you want to buy your ticket from our agency.For more information,checkout our website:www.kenariesng.com

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GUS, WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE
http://kenariesng.com/

This guy uses the "kenforum" username. If you check his website, you will see a very elaborate information and it looks worthy, but HE DOESNT HAVE A TEAM, it is just ONE OFFICE SPACE THAT IS TINY AND ONE SECRETARY,

This guy claims to be an expert, He just dooped me of 650,000 naira. I am a student at St. kitts and He claimed he knows all the laws and requirements to travel to St. kitts without a transit visa, Needless to say , i was returned home after 5 days in the air and after paying 650,000, We are finding it hard to get a refund from him, THE trip was VERY STRESSFUL, I WAS ROUTED THROUGH THE WRONG PATH AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, he was CRYING WHEN MY DAD DEMANDED FOR A REFUND, PLEASE GUYS, DO NOT USE "kenforum", DO NOT USE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just get yourself a transit visa and save yourself from dubious people like him.

Mennnn, I am tired of Nigeria, people are just too dubious,

PLEASE AGAIN, DO NOT use this service, Do NOT CALL THIS NUMBER EITHER, HERE IS HIS NUM 08037060650

I HATE NIGERIA, I am Nigerian but lived in the U.S for over 16 years, I HATE NIGERIA, WE ARE TOO DUBIOUS, oh my goodness

^^

Bros wait first.
You are Nigerian, lived for 16 years in the US, and now studying at St Kitts?
W.O.W.

AjanleKoko:

^^

Bros wait first.
You are Nigerian, lived for 16 years in the US, and now studying at St Kitts?
W.O.W.

LOL! Well, that's where those of them wey no get good Mcat score go for medical school
It isn't unheard of at all but this dude's story get major k leg. You shouldn't need a visa or have problems if you're
an American citizen.
A lot of Nigerians go to the school in the islands( Med school)

chika98:

LOL! Well, that's where those of them wey no get good Mcat score go for medical school
It isn't unheard of at all but this dude's story get major k leg. You shouldn't need a visa or have problems if you're
an American citizen.
A lot of Nigerians go to the school in the islands( Med school)

That's what I meant.
Why did he need an agent?

Yes, stupid!!!, A typical Nigerian response, why am I not surprised.

Number 1: Medical school in the U.S is very expensive, that is why a lot of American students opt for cheaper options, The school is predominantly made up of canadians, Nigerians and Americans, most Nigerians come here becos they either failed their medical school in Nigeria or wahtever, some come here becos it is cheaper, I came here becos it is cheaper.

Numebr 2: Yes, I have lived in the U.S that long, I am currently working on my green card, I do back and forth, using my student Visa, I dont stay in the U.S and dont come back home like typical Nigerians,

Lastly, I am not surprised by your response, that is why Nigerians are treated like animals all over the world,


If you like call the agent ands use it, mennnnnn, what a country,

@chika, its either you dont read properly or you make assumptions, where in my statement did I say I am an American citizen, I left Nigeria since 1998 on a student visa, I go back an forth, I have been to Nigeria about maybe 7 times since then, I didnt go to the U.S to stay there , like most Nigerians,


What a shamless country, I was at Brazil and a Nigerian was hand cuffed for using fake visa, Needless to say, I was ashamed to be a Nigerian,

You think I will just come up here and warn people, I am actually AFRAID of this forum/website, I only signed up to warn people,

Een if I came to St. kitts becos of low MCAT scores, what is the significance of that? What does that have to do with my experience with the agent?, I would not be surprised if you probably know the agent , what a country,

chika98:

LOL! Well, that's where those of them wey no get good Mcat score go for medical school
It isn't unheard of at all but this dude's story get major k leg. You shouldn't need a visa or have problems if you're
an American citizen.
A lot of Nigerians go to the school in the islands( Med school)

You should know that more Americans and Canadians study medicine in the caribbean than they do in their home countries respectively - United States and Canada.

Apart from the fact that it is expensive, US and Canadian medical school admission is very VERY competitive. Some applicants are even put on waiting list for years. Along the line, most applicants throw away their MD dream and take the DO career path, which is relatively easier to get into.

You think there are many Nigerians studying on the caribbean islands? Yeah, you're right. And FYI, many Nigerians are being denied student visas by these caribbean countries in recent months. So, invariably these countries know and they are cutting down the numbers.

Caribbean countries where we were once visa-free travel to, now require visas, and to make matters worse, they deny visas a lot now (regardless of if you've paid your tuition or not).

God help Nigeria!

expido:

Yes, silly!!!, A typical Nigerian response, why am I not surprised.

Number 1: Medical school in the U.S is very expensive, that is why a lot of American students opt for cheaper options, The school is predominantly made up of canadians, Nigerians and Americans, most Nigerians come here becos they either failed their medical school in Nigeria or wahtever, some come here becos it is cheaper, I came here becos it is cheaper.

Numebr 2: Yes, I have lived in the U.S that long, I am currently working on my green card, I do back and forth, using my student Visa, I dont stay in the U.S and dont come back home like typical Nigerians,

Lastly, I am not surprised by your response, that is why Nigerians are treated like animals all over the world,


If you like call the agent ands use it, mennnnnn, what a country,

Calm yourself ogbeni.
We are only surprised that you, having lived in the US for so long, would need to go through a Nigerian agent based in Nigeria, to get a visa to St Kitts.
It sounds implausible. Can't you get a student visa to St. Kitts from the US? Or are you not a legal permanent resident in the US?

@zerocool, thank you very much, I cant even believe I am wasting my time defending why I am going to med school in the carribean, no use defending urself in front of ignorant "Nigerians", Zerocool, you seem educated and sound like someone I can relate with ( that is rare in nigeria),

@Ajanlekoko, "calm down ogbeni"?, what does that even mean/?, What does a student visa have to do with going to st.kitts, i already have that, you know what.??.never mind, i will not even bother explaining things to you,

Again, my intention for my original post was to alert people of the so-called agent, named kenrariesng.com

What a country.

expido:

@zerocool, thank you very much, I cant even believe I am wasting my time defending why I am going to med school in the carribean, no use defending urself in front of ignorant "Nigerians", Zerocool, you seem educated and sound like someone I can relate with ( that is rare in nigeria),

@Ajanlekoko, "calm down ogbeni"?, what does that even mean/?, What does a student visa have to do with going to st.kitts, i already have that, you know what.??.never mind, i will not even bother explaining things to you,

Again, my intention for my original post was to alert people of the so-called agent, named kenrariesng.com

What a country.

You really got 'chips on your shoulders', since you are that intelligent why did you not do the visa thing yourself? Anybody that asked a question gets insult from you, just get over it.

A chip on my shoulder?, if I was intelligent I should have done the whole visa myself?? what?what does that mean?? get over it?, get over flying in the air for 5 days and having to return becos some agent duped me?, get over losing .650 million naira?, You are obviously lost, a typical Nigerian, does intelligence require you to do a visa process yourself?, besides, this is not about visa/, I already have my visa,

Dude, what about you shut the f up , what a typical nigerian,

expido:

A chip on my shoulder?, if I was intelligent I should have done the whole visa myself?? what?what does that mean?? get over it?, get over flying in the air for 5 days and  having to return becos some agent duped me?, get over losing .650 million naira?, You are obviously lost, a typical Nigerian, does intelligence require you to do a visa process yourself?, besides, this  is not about visa/, I already have my visa,

Dude, what about you shut the f up , what a typical nigerian,

You poor jellyfish, you lost 650 million my backside, you applied for visa to heaven and it cost you 650million, what a nightmare are u having,

Even a 10yrs old boy with a fish brain can complete visa application form and submit.

hahahaha 650 million naira.who said that?, a typical Nigerian, LOL, check my post it says .650 ( point 650, 0.650 million naira, that is another way of saying 650,000 naira), stupid, I think you are the one with the jelly fish brain, what a Nigerian!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, I didnt realise I had to write the whole figure out for your jellyfish brain to understand it,

I bet you are one of those yahoo yahoo nigerians, LOL,

Make una leave this guy alone o. After 16 years of schooling in America, no certificate, we wanted to go to st. kitts got duped and you expect him to smile at you? life has been cruel to him, let him be,please.

@just wise, since you are so wise and since you have over 10,000 post on here, how many people have you successfully duped here on nairaland, stupid, i didnt say 650 million naira, i said .650 million naira, did you see the "point" in front of the 650, that is another way of saying 0.650 million naira, what a nigerian,

expido:

hahahaha 650 million naira.who said that?, a typical Nigerian, LOL, check my post it says .650 ( point 650, 0.650 million naira, that is another way of saying 650,000 naira), silly, I think you are the one with the jelly fish brain, what a Nigerian!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, I didnt realise I had to write the whole figure out for your jellyfish brain to understand it,

I bet you are one of those yahoo yahoo nigerians, LOL,

What is 0.650 million naira? You still wonder why they duped u?

dustydee:

Make una leave this guy alone o. After 16 years of schooling in America, no certificate, we wanted to go to st. kitts got duped and you expect him to smile at you? life has been cruel to him, let him be,please.

The poor boy is a joke.

expido:

@chika, its either you dont read properly or you make assumptions, where in my statement did I say I am an American citizen, I left Nigeria since 1998 on a student visa, I go back an forth, I have been to Nigeria about maybe 7 times since then, I didnt go to the U.S to stay there , like most Nigerians,


What a shamless country, I was at Brazil and a Nigerian was hand cuffed for using fake visa, Needless to say, I was ashamed to be a Nigerian,

You think I will just come up here and warn people, I am actually AFRAID of this forum/website, I only signed up to warn people,

Een if I came to St. kitts becos of low MCAT scores, what is the significance of that? What does that have to do with my experience with the agent?, I would not be surprised if you probably know the agent , what a country,

Stop making noise all over Nairaland please. It is questionable because you say you're extremely smart yet someone else ripped you off. Why didn't you process the visa yourself?
See that bold bit, a 5th grader won't even say something like that. Epic fail!

@justwise, isnt it funny that you are the same person that dissed this "kenforum" guy that duped me , see the link below

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=353801.msg4949909#msg4949909

IF I had seen tthis before i gave this guy my 0.65 million naira ( for those that dont know what this means, it means 650,000 naira) , then I wouldnt have used him for my ticket, again NOT VISA, I go to the embassy if I need a VISA NOT a traveling agent.

Being duped as nothing to do with intelligence, as a client, my job is to trust my service provider and give the money ( well, I think I am only thinking in an ideal situation), but I guess nothing is ideal in nigeria, I forgot I am not in the U.S, so I guess I am not intelligent afterall, isnt it?


mennnn, what a country.

expido:

@justwise, isnt it funny that you are the same person that dissed this "kenforum" guy that duped me , see the link below

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=353801.msg4949909#msg4949909

IF I had seen tthis before i gave this guy my 0.65 million naira ( for those that dont know what this means, it means 650,000 naira) , then I wouldnt have used him for my ticket, again NOT VISA, I go to the embassy if I need a VISA NOT a traveling agent.

Being duped as nothing to do with intelligence, as a client, my job is to trust my service provider and give the money ( well, I think I am only thinking in an ideal situation), but I guess nothing is ideal in nigeria, I forgot I am not in the U.S, so I guess I am not intelligent afterall, isnt it?


mennnn, what a country.

If your one minute brain allows you to read you would have noticed that i spent almost 90% of my time here exposing people like kenforum which is one of the many IDs he uses here, since 2009 every single post/thread he started here has my and other NLders comments but people like you keep them in business because you are too silly to do simple research before dealing with somebody.

I don't feel sorry for you at all, you learn from your experience, i but somebody else will have you for a lunch because you appear too childish.

^^
I think I get what he is saying now.
He paid an agent to get him a ticket to St Kitts, and not a visa. So maybe we shouldn't be too harsh on him.

But I think he could have used Expedia or some other ticketing website to make a reservation, especially since he lives in the U.S. He didn't have to use a Nigerian agent.

AjanleKoko:

^^
I think I get what he is saying now.
He paid an agent to get him a ticket to St Kitts, and not a visa. So maybe we shouldn't be too harsh on him.

But I think he could have used Expedia or some other ticketing website to make a reservation, especially since he lives in the U.S. He didn't have to use a Nigerian agent.

You actually believed that he sent an agent N650.000= equivalent of $4.00283 for a ticket?

That apart, why must he be so rude to every Nigerian because he was 'duped' by a single individual?