Nearing the end of my Contract.

Well my contract is nearing the end. The training devices are complete, the tear down begins after next week, then they will get packed and shipped to the UAE. I am not exactly sure where they will be set up, but somewhere between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. I will start looking at living arrangements in Dubai, (I have heard it's actually cheaper to live there). I have applied for a position there but the interviews will not get started until next week. I feel fairly confident I will get a job there. I was asked if I would consider staying in St. Louis, but they would have to make me an offer first, before I could consider anything.I have met the Emirati Technicians that will be working with us there and look forward to working with them in country.I will be breaking here for the holidays on the 22 of December, Kim is flying out to help me drive back to Va. After the new year I will return to STL until my contract expires and I get hired for UAE. After that I don't have any idea about anything. The shipping will take about 6 weeks and The RFT date is around mid march. My guess is I will be over there by mid February. That will provide enough time to find a place to live, and get a lot of the paper work for visa's started at least. If they are as slow as Kuwait was it will take at least two months. I certainly hope not. I really need to talk to the international relocation people to find out what will be required, things like driver license renewals, passports (mine is good for another 6 years).