can somebody please help
Hi, I really need your help. I currently live and work in Dallas, TX as a software contractor, but I am moving to Doha in Sept. My fiancée is Qadari and we agreed to start a family in Doha. I have sent my resume to QP and some other companies, even some recruiting companies but no one contacted me yet. I have MS in Software Engineering, BS in Chemistry and BS in Computer Science. Also, I have 8 years of industrial experience. I would really appreciate if somebody can help me with a job or even an interview. I saw a lot of helpful focus writing in this forum. Thanks very much.
Cant help you there! Start a new thread and ask who can help you with that info.
Aisha-Taweela
Thanks everyone,
Aisha do you know any contractors or agencies that hire for QP or rasgas or any of the oil companies in Qatar?
Hamdelah you have been able to sort out the poroblems with the family etc. That is important. My recomendation is not to listen to all these negative comments about Qatar that some of the guys above made. I wonder why they are here if it is so bad. Let them go back to their own country & make space for people who appreciate a job & money here. Lets face it, if they did not make money they wouldn't be here, right. Unless they are stupid ofcourse, which wouldn't surprise me, looking at their comments!
Anyway, yes it would be better for you to get hired as an expat as you will get a better benefit package. Look at the many sites of contractors that are doing the hiring. This does mean that you can not come to Qatar on a visit visa... as a lot of the hiring is done via the internet anyway.
Good luck & welcome to Qatar
Aisha-Taweela
Hi, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. A lot of marriage discussions. I was in Doha for a month in March. I get the permission from her parents and after four months from the state of Qatar. You are all right. It is not easy to marry a Qadari. The condition for the family to except our marriage was for me to move to Doha. So you see, that is why I need to get a job in Doha. I am a software contractor and I am doing very good. IT in the states is booming now, and I love Texas, but for now I will be coming to Doha. Maybe after few years I will move back to Dallas. So if any of you can suggest what I need to do to land a decent job with good pay please let me know. I know a lot about Doha and the culture. (Wasta is the only way). I am not counting on her family to get me a job, if I don’t have to.
Thanks
It seems to me we are discussing this under ourselves and no more input from Texan, he is probably sleeping after he put that thread on.
We don't know their intentions and don't know their circumstances and don't know anything really except that he was asking if he could find a job here and wanted to settle down and have a family.
Tch Tch 'Ignorance is Bliss'.
Traditions are traditions which are mostly upheld here in Qatar.
Hamlet
You are such a positive thinking person - "I don't think".
But if she is really a Qatari and not a naturalized citizen then you should be able to go with her family and they can get you a job. Just use Qatarization!
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FOr a woman to marry a Qatari they have to get permission from the ministry. It is completely forbidden for a Qatari woman to marry non Qatari and if she does she automatically forfeits her citizenship along with any children that she has. It states this very clearly in the law.
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Ofcourse if things were better in Egypt you wouldn't be here now would you ;-)
That is what I was reluctant to mention...I heard the same before, it is IMPOSSIBLE for a Qatari women to marry not Qatari :((((
hey texan .. with ur qualification & experiance easly u can get a job in qatar ..but its just matter of time..second thing is to get married to qatari girl thats need approval from the ministry of interior ,,just wana tell you that there is no thing is impossible & dnt but in consideration some of the previous scary advices!!
Well, from personal experience it is not the easiest thing to just marry a Qatari- but it is almost impossible to marry a female. In fact, there are strict laws about a non Qatari marrying a Qatari female- she will loose her citizenship and children wont be Qatari's unless the family pulls some major strings.
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restrictions on where you work, whom to marry, what to wear, what to say..bla bla.....offffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Texan,
Getting married to a Qatari is a long complicated procedure. Have you discussed this with your fiance? Before you even get the government approval her family needs to be totally behind your marriage and you have to be muslim. I know from personal experience that a brother with connections (wasta) in the government can stop his adult brother from marrying a girl he loves.All because she was from elsewhere. All very, very unfair! If I were you I'd get married to her in the US or settle elsewhere. Please make sure you know what you're getting into. This society is very cruel to outsiders. Good Luck I wish you all the best with your LOVE!
You are going to have to have her family find you a job.
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Actually apart from the getting married part (I have heard the rules are changing) the rest of what he wrote as I said, borders on ignorance.
Let him learn for himself and I do believe that he used the word fiancee if this is the case he will know what he is getting into.
I got a degree, but my employer is American not Qatari. I hate every time the injustices my fellow expatriates suffer. That includes all races a like.
Texan
You have being warned, You have being told and You have being advise.
So peel your eyes and not your FLY!
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds..
I know of an Irish guy who is married to a Qatari woman... but yeh he had to convert to Islam and her family was in agreement... so it can happen...
have you ever...I mean ever heard of a Qatari girl getting married to non Qatari...let alone American...I think red pope advice is very wise and realistic
Red_Pope
I find this kind of advice for texan verges on borderes complete ignorance concerning Qatar.
Let him take his chances and find out about Qatar himself. I am sure if he does have a Qatari girl friend that she will enlighten him about the do's and don'ts of the country.
have to agree with you....you are damn right!
Hey Texan
This place is not like the USA, nobody cares of what nationality your girl is in the USA.
But her being a national from Qatar and you being an American, that is trouble in the HORIZON, specially from her family AND THE LAW!
Unless you are planning to be married to her, then you have to convert to Islam, have the fathers/family blessing and then you will be OK.
In reference to working for local companies in Doha. The Qatari labor laws are not as comprehensive as the USA.
Basically boils down to the employer to honor your contract or enslave you in their country by taking your passport away and paying you Pennies.
With all those degrees you must be blindly in Love with your girl to come over here and to be serve to the dungeons of labor in this Qatari society.
No one in the right mind, this is just my opinion, with your education will waste their time in trying to get a job in Qatar.
Dude try Europe, latin America or some other State besides Texas.
There is plenty of jobs out there, better than this place called QATAR!
I think you are really whipped by the" Spider of Love" and your brains and common sense is down your pants.
Remember your rights end when you enter their Airport terminal.
I
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds..
Once you are here, you will have more opportunities, overseas recruitment takes lot of time. You being an American… I think you will have some issues in marrying a Qatari girl here... Hope you are aware of all that..
she sure can ......
I am sure your Qatari fiancee can help you more in this regard than anyone else.
Good luck......