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Using a PEO Service with Immigration Support for Expat Hiring in Qatar

Looking to hire expatriate personnel for international assignments in Qatar? This is a loaded process to go through, including finding ways to:

  • Stay compliant with Qatari immigration laws
  • Have all the necessary documents for work permit sponsorship
  • Effectively manage employment and payroll when your team has their visas.

Compounding the issue is that a lot of expat workers generally go into Qatar to handle shorter projects. So it doesn’t make much sense to set up your own subsidiary to arrange local payroll for your employees. Instead, you may want to take a look at a simpler solution.

For those who want to hire and pay expats in Qatar, enlisting a global PEO that includes work permit support. This saves your company the headache of trying to incorporate in a new country. Your new PEO partner will provide all the guidance you need to handle Qatari immigration procedures to get your team their visas/permits. After that, they can also help with onboarding and payroll for your expat team.

Acumen International has provided this service for our clients’ expatriate personnel in Qatar, both for short- and long-term projects. We offer a compliant and fast way to get your team on the ground and working. No matter your timeline or business goals, Acumen International offers end-to-end work permit support and ensures full compliance with local labor legislation in Qatar and 189 other countries.

Curious as to the best matches for Acumen’s work permit and hiring expats through a Global PEO’ solution? These include:

  • Employer companies that plan to relocate, hire, and utilize expat workers in Qatar.
  • Seasoned professionals that have already found an employer to finance their immigration and foreign employment, but just need to simplify the process.
  • Businesses planning to hire highly-skilled expats and send them to fill top positions in Qatar.

A side note, you may not realize that by partnering with a single provider to handle both expat employment and work permit sponsorship, it’s a lot less likely your visas will be rejected. Our global immigration support will also save you time from trying to understand and navigate the different international rules and regulations.

Compared to other global PEO services, Acumen provides added benefits outside of a work permit if you have personnel on international assignments in Qatar. These include:

  • Medical insurance
  • Office rent
  • Dependant relocation
  • Housing
  • Mobile phone/car provision for meetings

Attention: we are not an immigration service! We do not provide a work permit and immigration support as a standalone solution to individuals looking to find jobs overseas.

Estimated time for work permit issuance

Typically, the procedure of work permit issuance in Qatar takes 1.5 months.


Major steps to get a work permit in Qatar

  1. A work permit must be arranged for within seven working days of the employee’s arrival in Qatar.
  2. Before an application for the work permit is submitted, a medical certificate must be obtained indicating the health of the employee (at a government-approved hospital).
  3. Once the medical certificate is issued, an application for a work and residence permit can be applied for, issued for one, two or three years.

Documents for work permit in Qatar, main applicant

Type of documents
Completed application form from the Ministry of Labour.
Employment contract.
Medical certificate of the employee.
Copy of the Commercial Registration of the business.
Immigration card of the business.
2 passport-sized photos of the employee.
Copy of the employee’s passport.
Employment visa.
Relevant educational documents.
Biometric fingerprints test.

If you need to have your ex-pat personnel legally work for you in Qatar without having to set up your own business entity for that, trust us to assist you with work permit and immigration support, and then employ your expats locally on your behalf.

Contact our team to let us take up your foreign employees’ immigration matters and relieve you of the responsibility of getting work permit by working with our local partners to organize and obtain all the necessary permits, as well as provide you with a detailed update on the progress of the process.

Contact us for more details about how you can get a work permit for your expatriate staff and employ them through Acumen International in Qatar.

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