If you’re hiring a maid check all her references

This content was originally posted in 7DAYS UAE website at: If you’re hiring a maid check all her references Having employed a housemaid for one year, I was silly enough to not fully check her references! This maid had a visit visa and as far as I was aware she was in Dubai looking for new work. After a few email messages we arranged to meet the following week. When we met I realised that she had just returned back to Dubai on a visit visa, with a cancelled visa from one month back and of course there was a whole story why she went and came back to Dubai. She was lovely and ticking all the boxes, and without any further questioning I hired her. One year on, she stole from me, lied to me, had different men visiting and so forth – I sent her packing back to her home country. Lesson learned. If the same happens to you, get copies of their cancelled visa, check references 100 per cent, and match the visa number on their passport with the ex-employer’s passport number. It is far too easy for them to give you a friend as a reference, say the employer has left the country as well as fake documents to match their cancelled visa. Watch out as this lady I am sure will come back to Dubai. A previous cancelled visa should be a very big red flag. Disgusted mum, Dubai Read the original story at: If you’re hiring a maid check all her references