kevork1984

OK So you can fly in and get a tourist visa for a month, go back to the airport and renew for a month and then you have to leave in month 2 for a night then can come back and stay for two months as long as you renew half way through?

co durham boy

Some do but most don't as it's cheaper to hire a local based expat without the hassle plus if you were married then you could sponsor her and she could work for anyone she wishes plus she doesn't need a NOC or exit visa.

My wife is on my sponsorship and works full time and it's far easier than being sponsored .

Go on get married

martinbkk

I've not done it myself but I do know of EU nationals, not Brits, who have stayed almost 3 months using the 30 day visa exempt entry and been able to renew twice at the airport immigration office, behind the Oryx Rotana. Pay QR100 each time and if you pick your time it's about a 5 minute wait. I think they draw the line at 2 renewals after the original entry though.

Personally I've never gone beyond the first renewal, can only manage Doh-Hah, in about 50 day chunks.

gottheTshirt

My wife stayed in Qatar for over 2 years on a tourist visa. You get 30 days on entry and then go to the passport office (next to the Oryx Rotana) and extend for 30 days. They give you 30 days extension from the day you apply not from the expiry of the 30 days. So you go for the extension on day 29. The process is painless - no questions are asked: you just wait your turn and pay the QR 100. Every 60 days she goes shopping in Dubai and repeats the process. The biggest pain is that Qatar only issues temporary driving licences for the length of the visa so each time she renewed the tourist visa the next step was to renew her driving licence at QR 150 a time. Again a painless process of just waiting your turn: no questions asked.

kevork1984

That's really helpful gottheTshirt, thank you.