Aw, jeeze, another roadblock/hoop/hassle! Relocating to Qatar has come to feel like a lobster-in-a-pot. The heat gets ratcheted up one degree at a time until it becomes unbearable. Mar, I suspect QP didn't know this law was coming, so didn't inform you. Same-old, same-old, sorry to say. It's not insurmountable. Talk to a specific relocation person in QP and see how they are dealing with this new wrinkle. A reasonable time for the processing of your RP is about a month. Ask about health insurance and if your family should come on tourist visas. If they can be processed in under 2 months you'd avoid a visa run to Dubai which, for 4 people, can get expensive. Ask if the visa run would be covered by QP (ha ha.)
Mandi