Are friends of opposite sex allowed to visit/stay in my apartment?
I was reading the thread about the guy wanting to stay at the hotel with his girlfriend. I didn't think the issue was relevant to me.
But then it suddenly occurred to me: What about my apartment? I'm a single female. I understand I'll be allocated a 2-3 bedroom apartment.
What if a male friend comes to visit me from back home? Will he be allowed to stay in my apartment? Or will he have to fork out money for an hotel?
What about when friends apply for a tourist visa? Are they asked where they will be staying? What would happen if they gave my apartment as the address where they intended to stay?
What if there were a mixed group of friends coming to visit? Would only the females be allowed to stay at mine? Or would they all be able to stay in my apartment? Or none of them?
I already have a couple of friends who are itching to visit and I haven't even arrived in Qatar yet. They'll be gutted if they can't come to visit me.
Thanks in advance for your responses.
Serendipity
my boy staying with me last 6 months no issue - we are doing sex inside room only , not out side.
The thing is, we are in a islamic country. Best not to flaunt it. If you are living in a very conservative area, some may complain if they see you having too many male visitors. You are immediately tagged as easy or you may find CID knocking on your door. If you can avoid it, dont do it.
ajayan...lolzzz....Clean ur Braaaaainnnn...
She is just askin her frnds can visit r not...dat it as simple as dat ...btw she din ask whether she can do sometng fishy n da PUBLIC (not PUPLIC).....GR* MIND>....lolz
@da topic ya ur frndz can stay wd u:)
The whole process isn't as rigid or structured as it sounds. My wife was able to get a tourist visa when she first arrived here and they didn't ask where she was staying, or if she had a reservation at all. She simply asked for a tourist visa and was given one. I thought the same way as you when I got here, but from what I've been told it is much more relaxed than that.
I also came first time to Doha to visit my ex-boyfriend...but it was in the beginning of 2006...lol...he sent me a ticket, and I obtained my visa in the airport upon arrival, and nobody asked me where i am going to stay...and I staied at his appartment for 2 weeks, and nobody never asked me or him anything...
On the other hand, a lot of gals and guys are sharing appartments here due to shortage of accommodations selection... do they have a choice??? when i came here for work at the end of 2006, just before the Asian games, there was no accommodation available whatsoever.. and all the hotels were booked and overloaded.. so i had to stay at the Company's villa with other 5 guys for about over a month, till the company was able to find something for me...it's not that I complain :):) it was fan..lol...
dear ajayan .. what "relation or act in the puplic area" are you talking about? Serendipity askes if her buddies can visit her in qatar, that's all...
dear all
plz note that the qatari low is forbiden such relation or act in the puplic area
also if u are not sure about the other person behave i would advice to clearve it to him
no.1 in qatar
My boyfriend visits me here all the time. No worries.
Unless u r caught in an act which involves the posture from the Kama Sutra U r bang gng to be deported.... So Be CAREFUL!
before I came back to live here. He got my visa and everything sorted from this side. No questions asked.
Don't volunteer anything other than what is asked. No one really cares much, and as for co-ed co-habitation, don't stress about it, no one will give you any issues, unless they have a nasty streak and they have a vendetta against you. How are they to know what that person is to you, could be your brother or husband.....
X
I haven't heard of a problem with male friends coming to visit. I f asked, I would advise them to say they are staying with friends. The idea of a single woman living alone to most immigration officers is like the age-old "joke" about the father bringing his boy into the hospital and the doctor saying, "I can't operate on him, he's my son!"
I have heard the occasional problem for a woman visiting without a hotel reservation (this was a colleague about a year ago). When asked, she said she was visiting her brother and was asked to give his villa number and phone number and that was that. As long as she knew she had somewhere to stay, then she couldn't be a prostitute. (She was also a reasonably young and attractive woman).
But never volunteer more than you have to in any immigration scenario.
So far, immigration has been a breeze for visiting friends. We've given advice to unmarried couples that they shouldn't flaunt their relationship in the airport, and we've always paid the 70 riyals for the Al Maha meet-and-greet service.
To be honest, I don't think anyone's interested in the personal lives of tourists, so long as they're well behaved in public.
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