How to apply UAE Visa online for GCC Resident

Hello,

I've just applied for UAE Visa, and it took awhile for me to figure it out how exactly to fill in all the form online. All info that i found on internet, do not tell how exactly to fill the form, and all of them based on the old form.

Actually, you can chat online directly to one of UAE Ministry of Interior agent 24/7 in this page, if you need something to clarify. I got my visa within 24 hour and for my family within 48 hour. The bottom line is, you need to apply for your visa first. Once your visa approved, then you can apply for your family by attaching your approved visa, and create individual application for every single one of them.

This is how you should fill the form;

1. Create account on this web 
2. Once your account created, click GCC Resident to create new application form.
3. For your visa application, choose "Establishment" as  "Sponsor Type in GCC Country". Type in your company as your sponsor. 
4. Above questions, are the one that actually confused me. The rest of the questions in this first page are straight forward.
5. If you've finished fill all info on the first page, click NEXT to continue.
6. In the second page, you will be asked your address in UAE. In my case, i put my hotel. Btw, the email that you put in this page will be used to receive the approved visa. 
7. Finished with second page, continue to the next page where you will be asked to attach document. You need to attach the Photo, letter from your company stating that you are the employee, passport and iqama. You need to reduce the size of your scanned document. I used software "paint" in windows to reduce the size of the document, and save it as JPEG. It has to be less than 100kB.
8. Once all document attached, continue to next page to pay.

To apply for your family;

1. Login to your account that you created.
2. If you have five family member, then you need to create and repeat all of this processes for every single one of them.
3. Click GCC Resident to create new application
4. Under "Sponsor Type in GCC Country" choose "GCC Resident". and fill your info in it, because you are the sponsor of your family.
5. The rest of the process are the same as yours.
6. On the attach page, attach the photo, your approved visa, your pasport, their iqama, and their passport.

Good luck.

How to turn wired printer to wireless

Assalamu'alaikum,

Hello Bapak/Ibu,

Saya hari ini senang sekali, karena berhasil membuat printer saya yang biasanya harus konek ke laptop dengan kabel, menjadi printer yang wireless. Hehehe.. saya tau, Bapak/Ibu, pasti bertanya. kok jadi pakar IT sekarang ? ya, saya anggap itu menjadi bagian hidup di Saudi Arabia. You have to be all.. :)

In my case, i use print server in order to turn my wired printer into wireless. I bought a cheap print server from ebay. It costed me USD 20 (including shipment). By the way, i use zain 4G router (huawei Model B315s-22).

Okay, this is what you need to do;

1. Connect printer to printer server by using USB to USB b-type (included in the package), then by using Ethernet cable, connect print server to router. Power up all.
2. Install software launch network printer wizard (included in the CD package). Then by using the wizard, find your printer. In my case, it is HP LaserJet CP1025. 
3. I was able to print flawlessly. But then, the problem arose. The connection is unstable. It keep losses connection. :(

After dwelling around internet, i found this link that really helps. There is suggestion to connect the print server by assigning static IP address to the print server. This is what should you do;

1. Connect directly print server to your laptop by using ethernet cable.
2. Open your internet browser, then type: 169.254.10.10 to open Network Print Server management web page.
3. On Network Print Server management web page, click Network, then change DHCP setting from Enable to Disable, in order to change the IP address of print server to fixed.
4. Assign an IP address to your print server. In my case, Zain 4G router (Huawei B31s-22) ranging from 192.168.1.100 to 200. Just chose one of them.
5. Click Submit. This will restart your print server.
6. Connect your print server to printer, then print server to router. 
7. Run the add printer wizard on windows. Chose connect to local printer, TCP/IP Port. You can find details in this link. 
8. Then, you should be able to connect to your printer.   

How to unlock mobily 4G LTE router Model QDC

Hello,

Untuk Bapak/Ibu sekalian, mohon maaf, karena tulisan ini akan saya tulis dalam bahasa Inggris. Biar banyak manfaatnya.

Hello,

I intentionally write this post in English, so that more people will gain benefit. This is how to unlock mobily 4G LTE router model QDC. I consider this to be part of living in Saudi Arabia :)

Actually I copied the steps in this blog. I found the file that i downloaded was saved in secured place, without "strange" pop up windows. You can download the files required in this link. I will not mention the steps in detail, but i would just mention trick for smoother unlock.

1. Downgrade the firmware in step-wisely. The unlock is available for version 1.02.32. If your firmware happened to be in the version higher than 1.02.33, i.e 1.02.41 then downgrade it to 1.02.33 (mr7015al-zz_r0b_FW_1.02.33(20120618)), then to 1.02.32  by using (mr7015al-zz_r0b_FWN_1.02.32(20120330) .  
2. Once your firmware in 1.02.32, then flash the LTE module.
3. There are some reports that their router keep updating automatically to 1.02.41. I think they forgot to change the auto firmware info url to 0.0.0.0 (actually it is there, written in tagalog..:)).
   
   
4. Setup the APN, then you should be able to connect.

------- update 29 Feb 2016

After unlocking the router, my router keeps disconnected when idle. To connect it, i had to restart the router. It drove me crazy..!!! 

After a month dwelling around internet, and hundred times of testing, i finally solve it. Alhamdulillah.. 

Mine was solved by upgrading the LTE module to the latest version. So, basically you don't have to flash the LTE module when unlocking :)..

If you already flashed the LTE module when unlocking, and changed the url to 0.0.0.0 you just need to change it back to the default url before unlocking (see above picture for default url), then trigger LTE module update.

You can also update the firmware to 1.02.33, but you can't update to the latest firmware, because it's going to lock your router back to mobily. 

Don't forget to switch the url back to 0.0.0.0, if you don't want the router to update the firmware automatically and lock you back to mobily.