Picture of a Qatar Visa Centre in Nepal used for representation.
Major Abdullah Khalifa Al Mohannadi, Director of the Visa Support Services Department at the Ministry of Interior has said that over 144,000 visas have been issued by the Qatar Visa Centers (QVCs) abroad since they became operational.
“The total number of visas issued by these centers is around 144,136 while the number of visas rejected, so far, is 7,797, some of the applicants from this number faced rejection on being medically unfit,” said Major Al Mohannadi.
Speaking on a video posted on the social media, the official said that the main goal of Qatar Visa Centers abroad is to ensure entry of only those migrant workers to Qatar who had no criminal records in the native countries and for achieving the objective the authorities were applying the highest security standards.
The speed of services offered at these centers is on the rise and with every passing day the number of visitors to Qatar Visa Centers abroad is also increasing.
On a daily basis, about 1,800 visitors seek different services such as biometric data processing, medical examinations and signing of employment contracts in QVCs.
The QVCs have achieved great transparency. The work contract is offered to the workers before their departure therefore a worker knows with authenticity all the information related to his employment like salary, profession, job title, attached allowances, annual vacations, among others, said Al Mohannadi.
“The worker has the right to object to the work contract and he may request some changes but that is in coordination and approval with the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs,” he added
“When the expatriate worker arrives at Hamad International Airport, his biometric are verified,” he said.
Regarding the first visa center opening, he said the first Qatar Visa Center was opened in October 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
On the work of these centres, Al Mohannadi explained that the operations of these centres are supervised by the Ministry of Interior in terms of visas as well as supervised by the Ministry of Health in terms of medical examinations, the Ministry of Labor in terms of labor contracts and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in terms of certification of documents.
The services at Qatar Visa Centers include fingerprint services, registration of vital data, conducting of medical examinations, signing contracts electronically, issuing of documentation and educational qualifications, in addition to other services that will benefit the expatriate workers.
