Qatar has inaugurated a visa centre in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu as part of the Qatar Visa Centres Programme to facilitate and streamline procedures for bringing expatriates to the country.
The opening is part of the opening of 20 centres in eight countries – Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Indonesia, and Tunisia. These centres will serve in speeding up visa procedures. Nepal is the fifth country where a visa centre was opened after Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India – which have proved to be a great success in providing premium, simplified and more advanced services.
The centre provides facilities for those who have initial approval for entry visas to Qatar where they can complete the registration of their biometrics, medical examinations and the signing of contracts electronically through a unified channel, thus saving time and effort.
Qatar Ambassador to Nepal Yousef Mohammed Al Hail said in a statement the opening of Qatar Visa Centre comes within the framework of strengthening the relations between the two countries and the keenness of Qatar to support these relations. The inauguration ceremony was attended by officials from both sides.
He pointed out Qatar was keen to choose Nepal to be among the first eight countries to launch Qatar Visa Centre abroad, in order to facilitate the recruitment of skilled workers, as well as the completion of procedures and legal requirements for obtaining visas to Qatar for the purpose of visit and residence. The ambassador pointed out that these procedures were carried out in the past after the entry of the expatriate to Qatar, but now these centres will provide these services in the expatriate country.
“This will ensure the speed of special procedures for the issuance of visas and residence permits in Qatar,” he said. Major Abdullah Khalifa Al Mohannadi, Director, Visa Support Services Department at the Ministry of Interior, said the upcoming stages of the project will cover all types of visas, whether family, business or tourism and other services will be announced in a timely manner.