Should I come to Qatar?
From what I understand, I cannot live with my boyfriend there. We both have jobs lined up, but we want to wait to marry in another year so our entire family can be with us.
Right now, that cannot happen. I do not know what to do. I have read about how difficult it is to find accommodations for a single girl and that I cannot live with my boyfriend. Now I do not know if I should make the move with him.
pajeroman- read what the lady has put and you will find the answer.....
how much you are earning back home? You better calculate before you step in here. What is preventing you to get married to your booooy friend, do you have some more b/f?
Get married.
You should come on visitor visa and see what you think. How can you decide until you see for yourself?
Thanks for the advice. I have another couple of weeks to decide...
u can get a visit easily at the airport, once u r here look for a job and im sure u will get a good one. u can live together with no problems. just dont advertise it. qatar is advancing and they know what r they getting themself into. i dodnt think they will have peoblem with unmarried couples living together as long they r not muslim. hope all work out for ya
Why should you stay together before marriage. You and your boy friend can live seperately here, and only meets when the urgency calls
Gee, legal_pad, nice offer, but I'll pass.
Good point, Oryx, I shall have to ask him that!
Realistically, could I get a job during a one month stay on a visa? I have secretarial experience and data entry. Are jobs available? Are salaries livable?
You could always live with me, anytime and anywhere. I\ll set you up with a beduin tent in the middle of the desert.
Tell your bf to google 'sharia law' - like any legal system - don't do the crime if you are not prepared to do the time.
What job are you looking for...?
To get any fairly decent salary you need a degree and experience
Would your bf - follow you half way round the world, be unemployed and live illegally?
Comeon nothing to be scared of.. plenty of jobs here if you are qualified, just keep trying for a job here, come over for a month on visit visa and you can try from here as well.
"Live with passion, Die with style"
1. find a job here so that you can go and be with your beau here.
2. or marry him so that you can get a husband sponsor visa, and you can stay with him in one place.
good luck!
It is so scary... I do not know what to do.
Find another job and then come. Or come on a visit visa for a month and try to find one then.
"We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect." Ambrose Bierce
You worry too much. you can live with your boyfriend, just dont advertise it. You really want to move here?
Are you ready for SCORCHING HOT summers that last 7 - 8
months? Ready to get in your car and cant grab the steering wheel becasue its so hot? Ready for air conditioners going nonstop all day because if you turn them off the walls heat up so badly it takes an entire night to cool them down? By August you will so drained in body and spirit you will curse you ever moved here.
Yep you can't even take the risk without a job.. You need a job or husband sponsorship to move to Qatar.
"Live with passion, Die with style"
look for another job!!.. you will be able to get a visa, and after that wear the rings
My job has fallen through so now we are very much in trouble. We are fighting about this now. He wants us to just live together and take the risk. I'm not sure...
Buy some fake wedding rings, wear them, and tell everyone you're married & live together. You won't be the first or the last couple to do this in Qatar.
"We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect." Ambrose Bierce
Buy some fake wedding rings, wear them, and tell everyone you're married & live together. You won't be the first or the last couple to do this in Qatar.
"We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect." Ambrose Bierce
If it's what you want to do & the main hold up is celebrating with family, why don't you get married anyway, get a head start on your lives & then hold the marriage ceremony once it becomes viable.
it all depends on your budget. If you guys can afford spend for your accommodation around 6000-7000 each, it's ok, you will find something decent.. otherwise you will have either to share flat with someone else or to live in some crapy palce or crapy neighbourhood or somewhere in the middle of nowhere hell far away from doha..
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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small compared to what lies within us."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
think it of many times before you do action.......
Hmm... I will have to think about this. I don't know if we can afford two rooms.
if theres a will there's always a way....
just believe in one thing that there is always a solution :D
Nothing is impossible at all.
@ Darude .. hahaha very well
and tell your boyfriend to find an apartment so you can be his neighbor. then tear the wall inbtwn the apartments and live together in one big apartment.
If you both have jobs lined up then you can consider coming to Doha.. Finding accomodation is not so tough.
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There are a lot of villa owners/agents here who rents out their rooms individually. You can just rent a room for yourself and a room for your partner in the same villa. At least technically, that isn't really called living together.
Finding accomodation is not difficult. Price is usually the issue depending on what salary you will be making.
People do live together but they have to be discreet. If one or both of you is not a "white westerner/European" you will especially stand out and attract attention. If his employer provides accomodation, they will not approve of your staying with him. Vindictive or nosy neighbours are usually the ones who would complain and police will act on complaints - they won't come looking for you here.
Signature line > "You can't fix stupid"
Finding accommodation for a single girl is not so difficult. You can definitely find one. If both of you have job offers lined up, I would say why not come here together but live separately till married. Co-habiting of unmarried couple is a big no-no here and may land you and your boyfriend in big trouble with authorities if reported.i.e jail followed by deportation of both of you.