which visa are you talking about? Since you know that you join the company in January, why do you care how long it will take for you company to issue a work visa for you: 1 days or 2 months? You come to Qatar in January, right? so work visa should be issued by that time anyway...If you are talkng about residence permit, it all depends on your company. The fastest case that i am aware of is the RP was issued in 26 hours.. for some PROs even 3 months is not enough.. all depends...