Service Description

This service enables individuals to apply for a family visit visa (family applications) and follow up on them.

Online Instructions

• Log in with your smartcard to the MOI e-services portal.
• Click on “Visa Services” then “Family Visit Application”.
• Use the “Service Options” page to check all available options of the service.
• Select visa application type from the “Application Type” list.

• Select “New Application” from the “Application Options” list, then click on “Next”.
• Enter expatriate data and select the relation, then click on “Next”.
• Enter passport details of expatriate, then click on “Next”.
• Enter email address to receive copy of receipt, then click on “Next”.
• Attach the required documents, then click on “Next”.
• Review the data, then click on “Submit”.

• Select “Application Follow up”, then click on “Next” so that the displays a list of the previously submitted application(s) with the status and documents of each
• Check the “Application Details”, then click on “Next”.
• Click on “Upload Missing Documents” in case of documents not attached at the time of submitting the application.
• Attach the missing documents (according to the “application status”, then click on “Submit”.

Offline Instructions

• Download and fill out the paper form, then submit it to the Permanent Committee for Looking for Labor Approval at MOI.
• Attach the following documents:
  • Copy of host’s QID
  • Copy of valid passport of the person to be brought in
  • Certified copy of marriage contract and birth certificates for children
  • Certified copy of employment contract emphasizing job and salary
  • Certificate of good conduct (Police Clearance), certified by the relevant authorities for adults
  • Health insurance with a company accepted in the State, for the whole duration of the visitor’s stay in the country
  • Certificate proving that medical examination has been passed abroad, in accordance with the mechanism adopted by the competent authorities
  • Any other conditions deemed necessary by the competent authority in this regard

Service Center

Expatriate Affairs Department and the Unified Services Centers

Additional Information

• The user shall own a smart card to use the service online.
• This service can be obtained online at any time and immediately.
• This service is also available via Metrash2.
• Wives and children shall be brought in to the country as per the following terms:
  • Resident shall hold a valid work residence permit
  • Resident shall submit a marriage contract certified by the competent authorities as per the terms of attestation
  • Employee in government and semi-government entities shall have family housing from the employer, or family allowance shall be provided as specified in the employment contract
  • Profession and salary of employees in government and semi-government entities shall be confirmed by official letter
  • Private sector employees shall have technical or specialized (non-labor) professions with salary no less than QR10,000 or QR7,000 with family housing facility
  • Private sector employees shall provide proof of salary by submitting a bank statement for no less than six months from an accredited bank in the country. The profession is also confirmed by a notarized employment contract and copy of educational certificate.
• Paper form shall be typed in Arabic.
• Required names and data shall be typed as written in the passport
• Residence permit of foreign spouse of Gulf citizen, issued in his country, shall be valid, or a marriage approval certified by the competent authorities is submitted.
• All attached copies must be clear and in serial as mentioned above.
• Original documents are required at the time of registration.

Fees

No fees are required for this service.