Hi Ben-130,

Your wife might find it tricky to find a teaching job with accommodation at this time of year - most schools start recruiting for the following year around Christmas time, and the good schools will have filled all their vacancies by now.

If she gets offered a job now, chances are it's not one of the good schools - and if she decides to accept it, it might be best to sign up as a local teacher under your sponsorship so she won't be tied to an expat contract, and it will leave her free to find a better school for next year.

Many schools refuse to give their expat teachers an NOC letter at the end of their contract, simply to stop other schools in Qatar from poaching their staff. Once you have finished your contract, you have to leave Qatar!

P.S. Mandilulur, thanks for the tip