Panicing parents
 I have come across a few people on this site who seem to have encountered the same problem as myself in that the schools are showing full for both secondary and primary in the British Interntl Schools. Does anyone know any more on this.
Dweller - you recently commented on a such a problem and said that employees of QP skip waiting lists. Is this standard practice? Does anyone know if Rasgas does the same?
Also has anyone else been faced with the problem of their sponsor company refusing to acknowledge their employees step children - to the point of not including them in the education, health and dental care package. AND not applying nor paying for visa, residents permit, fare out etc. As far as some companies are concerned step children are non-existent. Has anyone found a way of bringing their company around? Would appreciate any advice.
Any comments ??
Is it true that children whose parents r in QP or its subsideries has a certain advantage in applying for int'l schools?
My wife n I are very concern of the limited avails of schools for my daughter. We actually have intention to enrol her in DESS but understand there is a long waiting list. What should we do if there is no such priority ? Any advise ?
I understand RGas will only pay for the equivalent of the int'l school of the employee's orgin. What if there aren't any of it in Qatar? Will RGas then pay for thye full fees?
I don't know for sure, but the step-children thing is possibly a cultural/religious difference.
In your culture, it may seem the most natural thing that the child stays with the mother and so when the step-father gets a job in the Middle East you would assume that since your own culture/legal systems favour the mother having custody of the children and being the main parent, you expect everywhere to operate by the same cultural and legal traditions you do. Under Islam that isn't the case, in Islam, the father is the guardian/custodia, i.e. main parent, they are his responsibility.
If children are expected to live with and accompany their divorced mother and step-father, that isn't the way things are done under Islam. Under some Shariah (I don't know if it's a general thing) a boy child could live with his mother until he reaches the age of seven, at which point the custody passes to the father. For female children, they would remain with their mother until puberty, and then custody would pass to the father.
Taking the step-children away from their father in their home country would not be the norm under Islamic law, so it's probably not something that's accounted for under Qatari shariah (Islamic law) -- although I don't know the Qatari shariah, I'm just extrapolating.
Is it true that children whose parents r in QP or its subsideries has a certain advantage in applying for int'l schools?
My wife n I are very concern of the limited avails of schools for my daughter. We actually have intention to enrol her in DESS but understand there is a long waiting list. What should we do if there is no such priority ? Any advise ?
I understand RGas will only pay for the equivalent of the int'l school of the employee's orgin. What if there aren't any of it in Qatar? Will RGas then pay for thye full fees?
Is it true that children whose parents r in QP or its subsideries has a certain advantage in applying for int'l schools?
My wife n I are very concern of the limited avails of schools for my daughter. We actually have intention to enrol her in DESS but understand there is a long waiting list. What should we do if there is no such priority ? Any advise ?
I understand RGas will only pay for the equivalent of the int'l school of the employee's orgin. What if there aren't any of it in Qatar? Will RGas then pay for thye full fees?
Thanks Laudgi7 and everyone who responded.
It is not possible to adopt but we are going for the biological father handing parental responsibility to my husband through an affit davit. We are hoping that will be enough. People should be warned about this at the initial interview especially if qatari companies want to recruit in western countries where extended families are a plenty. It seems incredibly devisive. I can understand a certain amount of caution but if the step child has been brought up in the marital home then that should be enough
Is not true QP staffs can skip waiting list. My hubby working in QP and we knows quite a bit of ppl new hire will skip waiting list. THey still have to go on the waiting list if they are lucky, some schools wont even take the name down to be put on the waiting list.
Winnie, Ras Gas is a part of QP so I imagine that the same will apply.
Check with the HR Department.
QP had a representative on the Board of Governors at DESS and Doha College. It will be someone from HR (It was Abdul Moneim Jaidah at one time but I'm not sure if it is still him).
As I said in the previous posting, check with HR.
im not certain but i have heard of this situation come up .... this was some years back so it may be a little more relaxed ... but they were advised to get a legal document by which the child is legally adopted by that person ... this I heard might help as then they have legal responsibility for him/her