When I came to Qatar a couple of years back, my Employer asked for a PCC and they also asked me to get it attested by Qatar Embassy in India.
I did get the PCC but never bothered to get it attested by the Qatar Embassy, as its a tedious process to get it done in India. Hence, i just sent a scanned copy of my PCC and everything went through comfortably. When i arrived here in Qatar until today nobody has ever asked me for a original copy of my PCC.
In another case, a friend of mine will be arriving to qatar shortly and joining my company. When his offer was rolled off to him, he was asked by our employer to get his PCC attested. But he wasnt lucky enough to get through as I did. They insisted him to get the PCC attested by Qatar Embassy in India. He had to go through the pain of getting it done.
This proves that the PCC is needed by only your employer and it is not a requirement by the Visa issuing authority.
When I came to Qatar a couple of years back, my Employer asked for a PCC and they also asked me to get it attested by Qatar Embassy in India.
I did get the PCC but never bothered to get it attested by the Qatar Embassy, as its a tedious process to get it done in India. Hence, i just sent a scanned copy of my PCC and everything went through comfortably. When i arrived here in Qatar until today nobody has ever asked me for a original copy of my PCC.
In another case, a friend of mine will be arriving to qatar shortly and joining my company. When his offer was rolled off to him, he was asked by our employer to get his PCC attested. But he wasnt lucky enough to get through as I did. They insisted him to get the PCC attested by Qatar Embassy in India. He had to go through the pain of getting it done.
This proves that the PCC is needed by only your employer and it is not a requirement by the Visa issuing authority.