Visit visa

Thank you so much for the valuable information .....

Resident Permit (RP) is a process which starts when you land here in Qatar. It is also done by the employer. Each company has a specific person (PRO) who coordinate. As far as I know, irrespective which visa category you are on (visit or business visa) you need to exit Qatar for the employer to apply for work visa. So if your husband is brought in to Qatar by the employer, then most likely it should be on work visa and not on tourist/visit visa.

Once your husband comes here, then only the RP process starts. So like 'berake' said, all of these things like medical test, finger prints will happen only after you husband is in Qatar under work visa.

My visa was changed in beginning of July and my appointment for medical has been fixed only on 04/08. I still have to go for finger print as well. (main reason for the delay is that July is the ramadan month and things were happening slowly). But I think, now things should move fast.

And lastly, either one of you need to have the RP for your kids to be enrolled to a school. And even that, some schools have a queue.

RP will take minimum 15 days after joining. You nedd to go for Medical Test and Finger print. Again depends on company HR department. I think schools can admit children with their RP.

Meena: If your husband comes on visit visa, he will not be getting a RP. RP is issued only to people holding work visa and it can be had within one month of the persons arrival in Qatar. To my knowledge, schools will not give your daughters admission on visit visa. You must have a permanent resident visa for this. As it is, I hear getting admission in schools is difficult here and there is usually a queue even for those holding permanent resident visa.