I am trying to get a family visa organised at the moment, so's I can be sponsored by my husband.

At the moment I have a Visitor's Visa which is valid for one or two, can be FIVE years, but I can only stay for 3 months at a time in Qatar before I have to leave the country to get it refreshed for another 3 months.

If I can get my hub's admin peeps to sort out a family visa, so's I'm sponsored by my hub, then I can apply for a Resident's Permit and come and go as I like without the need for an exit permit.

I think I can also drive here once I get a Resident's Permit - however, I wouldn't be able to work here with that Permit.  But that's OK, cos I wasn't intending to work here anyway.