hello,

I am pretty new to doha but has learned the rules hard way.
I'll state my experiences here which may be of help to you.

I wanted to bring my wife as quickly as possible.
So I took a tourist visa for her. now at the last point i came to know that its not extendable then i applied for family visit. and it was approved in one day. then i converted the tourist visa to family visit without exit.

Now i will process for her RP.
for processing the RP all the certificates should be ratified by the concerned ministry of foreign affairs of the home country and then by MOFA, Qqatar.

thats it. its pretty easy, but I learned it in the hard way.

vinith