Maria,
I was browsing the website (http://www.newcomersuccess.ca/index.php/en/about-ciip/regional-offices) for CIIP and found out the following:
"CIIP services are currently available in a number of cities across China, India, Philippines and the United Kingdom. There are also a number of additional service locations including Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Finland, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Services in these additional locations are based upon sufficient demand so there is no guarantee you will be served in the additional locations listed."
I suggest all LVO applicants from UAE to register for CIIP in-person session with coordination. I believe that we are enough to pull at least one in-person CIIP session in Dubai or Abu Dhabi but for this, we need to register altogether. Therefore, whoever gets MR from UAE, shouldn't immediately run for CIIP but wait for others from UAE to join the club.
If this is something interesting for all LVO applicants from UAE, we should really plan for it.