I am assuming you are coming to live and work here, not just visit like a tourist.
You will need a copy of his/her birth certificate, and their passport (obviously)(and photos!). If you are divorced, you should bring a copy of your divorce papers AND a letter from your ex giving you permission to bring the child here with you (not sure about this last item, but it just seems like commone sense).
You will come in under your employer's sponsorship, your child will be under YOUR sponsorship. Your company should handle the processing of both. If they delay things or don't move fast enough, you may have to fly back out with your child and then back in again (to Bahrain or someplace close -- you just need to exit the country). This happened to me initially -- what a big pain in the you-know-what!
I am also a single mom, but as there is no father listed on my child's birth certificate, I am the only guardian.
Being a single mom will present a problem if you need to sponsor a nanny/housekeeper, as Qatari law requires that you, as a single woman, present your divorce papers in order to do this (clearly, they can't quite grasp the concept of a woman heading a household all by herself!). So if you adopted your child or never were married, this can be problematic here (not impossible, but prepare yourself for more red tape to get things done).
I am assuming you are coming to live and work here, not just visit like a tourist.
You will need a copy of his/her birth certificate, and their passport (obviously)(and photos!). If you are divorced, you should bring a copy of your divorce papers AND a letter from your ex giving you permission to bring the child here with you (not sure about this last item, but it just seems like commone sense).
You will come in under your employer's sponsorship, your child will be under YOUR sponsorship. Your company should handle the processing of both. If they delay things or don't move fast enough, you may have to fly back out with your child and then back in again (to Bahrain or someplace close -- you just need to exit the country). This happened to me initially -- what a big pain in the you-know-what!
I am also a single mom, but as there is no father listed on my child's birth certificate, I am the only guardian.
Being a single mom will present a problem if you need to sponsor a nanny/housekeeper, as Qatari law requires that you, as a single woman, present your divorce papers in order to do this (clearly, they can't quite grasp the concept of a woman heading a household all by herself!). So if you adopted your child or never were married, this can be problematic here (not impossible, but prepare yourself for more red tape to get things done).