I believe that a whole raft of new rules regarding visas/sponsorship are about to be introduced, the Qatar Government has been reviewing the current regulations for sometime.
Unfortunately it is thought that most of the new regs will tighten immigration procedure rather than relax ie 5 year ban on returning to Qatar without NOC rather tan 2 years at present. This is only what I have heard on the grapevine so dont take it as gospel.
Whatever the official explanation for the situation with respect to tourist visas, the real cause is that some many company owners are upset that they can't properly enslave western expats at the moment (as they do with some other nationalities) due to the fact they can enter (and exit) the country on a tourist visa pretty much at will and start working (albeit not 100% legally).
"only mad dogs and englishmen go out in the midday sun"
Overlook,
I believe that a whole raft of new rules regarding visas/sponsorship are about to be introduced, the Qatar Government has been reviewing the current regulations for sometime.
Unfortunately it is thought that most of the new regs will tighten immigration procedure rather than relax ie 5 year ban on returning to Qatar without NOC rather tan 2 years at present. This is only what I have heard on the grapevine so dont take it as gospel.
Whatever the official explanation for the situation with respect to tourist visas, the real cause is that some many company owners are upset that they can't properly enslave western expats at the moment (as they do with some other nationalities) due to the fact they can enter (and exit) the country on a tourist visa pretty much at will and start working (albeit not 100% legally).
"only mad dogs and englishmen go out in the midday sun"