Visit visa guide plsss
Good Afternoon,
I have series of questions regarding visa hope some body can help me out. I am on visit visa, This is my 5th month however i am pregnant also (4 month almost).we are planning to have delivery here now my questions are :
1. If i extend my visa based on pregnancy (Medical conditions) how long i can get extension my due date of delivery is first week of April inshALLAH
2. Is there different type of extensions based on C-section or normal delivery as C-section requires more rest?
3. Suppose if i got visa on medical terms can i go for umera by road in DEC (that will be my 6th month) or i am not allowed to travel outside of country??
4. Three month rule is still valid or it is changed now ?? If changed after how long we can come back after exiting from this country ? Do my husband has to repeat whole process of documentation again? Hope to hear soon. Thanks and Regards, Sundus
Sorry, correction on my previous comment, their 6 months was ending on the 30th of Sep not Nov. Tried to leave some space between the paragraphs but for reason when i post my comments it all gets clubbed together. Hope this clarifies your doubts
Hi Sundus,
My wife is also currently 6 months pregnant and we were having the same questions as you are now. She and my son were here on visit visa and their 6 months ended on the 30th of Nov. I managed to speak to the captain at the Gharaffa Immigration and extend for another 2 weeks till 15th of Oct(at the same price though.)
After that i went again to try and extend however they did not allow. But i did get it confirmed from the lady at the immigration that the 3 month ban is no longer active. We left the country on the 15th of Oct, and I came back and applied for the visit visa again (got delayed a few days since I was awaiting for the letter from my office) once I had all the documents ready I went back to the Gharaffa immigration, no questions asked just took the documents and asked to check in 3 days. It took 2 days for the visa to be “ready to print”, they came back again on the 27th of Oct. could have been sooner if I had all the documents ready
So to answer your questions
1- Currently they only extend visit visa till 6 months (previously it used to 1+5+1= 7 months in total)
2- As mentioned on the previous comment i don’t think the type of delivery will affect the extension request
3-Generally doctors don’t recommend "flying" after 7 months. It's best if you speak to your gynecologist regarding any travel plans. Also as per my understanding the moment you leave the country your visa expires.
4-The 3 month ban is no longer valid. Your husband can apply for a new visit visa as soon as you leave the country. You don’t necessarily have to go to your home country, you can just as easily fly to a GCC country (like dubai) and stay there for a few days and then come back once the visa is processed.
Note- If you do plan on leaving the country you need to get a doctor’s note advising that you are ok to travel. This note is valid only for 3 days so you need to take it close to the date that you are flying.
Hi Sundus, in a Visit visa, you can stay for 6 months and then your husband has to go to Gharaffa Immigratioin to renew. For some people, they renew for 1 month and while others have renewed for 2 months (6+2). After that the captain will tell you dont come back, so you have to definetly leave the country and yes, you can come back provided your husband has to repeat the whole process of documentation to call you on visit visa again.
Note: The immigration people will not bother about c-section or normal delivery and every day after the visa expires will be charged as 200 Qr per day.
Also plan for the delivery, because the Hamad Hospital delivery will be very less only for RP holders and if people are under visit visa, it costs more, i dont know the price. Hope this info helps you..
it has been changed now. because my family left on Saturday and i applied on Sunday even i ask in the immigration counter , the lady said me. the new rule has been implemented. no need to wait for 3 months. once after the exit you can apply for new visa. but the documents should be prepared.