To Whom It may concern,
Hello I am Spanish but married to a British National. We both work and live in Egypt since August 2008. We are working in a British School in Nasr City.
Let me explain my situation first; we have been living here for 9 months now and our school has not arranged the work permit for us yet- even when that is part of the contract we signed- so we are still on tourist visas. Apart form that, the school bursar has been taking the taxes from our salaries every month since we started,the 10%, even when we are not supposed to be legally in the country.
We just found out that UK citizens should not be paying taxes at all if they have been living here less than a year-Is it that true?- so my husband and some other UK+Irland National colleagues have received the refund for the taxes paid until April 2009, but not me or the rest of us ( Jamaican, Spanish and Belgian).
Can anyone give any onformation about that??? or suggest any website where we can check that out??
Do you think that it concerns also to me as I am married to a British National?
Does anyone know by any chance where is the Labor Council here in Cairo?
All the information you can provide us will be more than welcome.
Thanks guys