Is Qatar Now Accepting New Expat Workers? Find out from this Outsourcing Service in Doha

By Darlene Regis - July 25, 2021

New Expat Workers Guide

As part of its effort to contain the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the State of Qatar has closed its borders and suspended land and air travel in March 2020. Since then, only the Qatari nationals, residents permit holders, and GCC nationals were permitted to enter the country.

The temporary travel ban continued until selected Qatar Visa Centers (QVC) started to reopen from November last year. This opened doors to people from other countries who are hoping to enter Qatar for work.

Many travellers were holding back their plans of coming to Qatar due to mandatory hotel quarantine. Today, the country has started issuing tourist visas and mandatory quarantine requirements are not required, giving renewed hopes to more people to land jobs in Qatar.

As to the question, “Is Qatar now accepting new expat workers? There is no direct answer to this so far. However, QVCs have reopened and are now accepting appointments for work visa applications. This means, those who are required to enroll their biometric data and undergo medical tests as part of their visa application process, may now complete them in the centers.

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List of Qatar Visa Centers Now Open to Serve You

QVC	Date Reopened	Schedule of Operations	Helpline
Mumbai, India	January 25, 2021	Monday to Friday, between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm	Email info.ind@qatarvisacenter.com or call +91 44 6133 1333
Colombo, Sri Lanka	January 20, 2021	Monday to Friday, between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm	Email info.cmb@qatarvisacenter.com or call +94 117942999
Chennai, India	December 16, 2021	Monday to Friday, between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm	Email info.ind@qatarvisacenter.com or call +91 44 6133 1333
Manila, Philippines	December 15, 2021	Monday to Friday, between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm	Email info.mnl@qatarvisacenter.com or call +63 285282554.
Islamabad, Pakistan	December 14, 2021	Monday to Friday, between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm	Email info.pak@qatarvisacenter.com or call +92 51 8439384
Kathmandu, Nepal	December 10, 2021	Sunday to Thursday, between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm	Email info.npl@qatarvisacenter.com or call +977 1 5970029
Delhi, Lucknow and Kochi, India	December 3, 2021	Monday to Friday, between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm	Email info.ind@qatarvisacenter.com or call +91 44 6133 1333

Those coming to work in Qatar must complete their biometric enrollment, undergo medical examinations and sign their work contracts in their home countries before coming to Qatar.

As part of the biometric enrollment, applicants will provide facial image, fingerprints and iris scan while the medical tests would include vision check-up, certain blood test, X-Ray and the administration of Diphtheria and Tetanus vaccinations.

Appointments can be booked online at www.qatarvisacenter.com using the Visa Reference Number and Passport Number of the applicant at the visa center, date and time of applicants choosing.

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Meanwhile, Qatar has started issuing Family Visit and Tourist Visas after MoI announced on July 8 that it would resume issuing tourist and family entry visas from July 12 this year.