all i can say is good luck trying to survive for 2-5 years in this hell hole on that sort of money. I see you say your in sales so i assume that is a basic that will be topped up by commission?? minimum you will get a car for (not a 4x4 but a Sunny or similar) is around QAR1650 a month (Petrol is peanuts), for the sort of housing budget you mention you will be looking at sharing with Westerners or living in a very basic 1 bed place with the Filipinos and Indians. Mobile with data will be at least QAR500 a month assuming you are talking about email more than web use, the best internet connection you can get here will be 4mb at QAR400 which is useable but little temperamental on Fridays/Saturdays when people are off work. Bring your IPhone (unlock it first) with you and just stick in a sim from out here that will save you QAR4000. Also you need to remember that food is extremely expensive here also and if you drink Alcohol god help you! With the way the market is in the UK we all know its a difficult situation and I see more and more people arrive on desperately low money; but bare this in mind if your considering staying for 5 years, that at the moment costs for accommodation are half what they were 2/3 years ago and with the possible boom with the World Cup they may return towards this level. Once you are here and tied to a sponsor with the threat of a 2 year ban, should they choose, it’s very difficult to get your conditions improved. Living on that sort of money is defiantly doable as the Indians and Filipinas prove but you will have to forgo big nights out and the regular sanity trips to Dubai that you need over here to keep you going……..
all i can say is good luck trying to survive for 2-5 years in this hell hole on that sort of money. I see you say your in sales so i assume that is a basic that will be topped up by commission?? minimum you will get a car for (not a 4x4 but a Sunny or similar) is around QAR1650 a month (Petrol is peanuts), for the sort of housing budget you mention you will be looking at sharing with Westerners or living in a very basic 1 bed place with the Filipinos and Indians. Mobile with data will be at least QAR500 a month assuming you are talking about email more than web use, the best internet connection you can get here will be 4mb at QAR400 which is useable but little temperamental on Fridays/Saturdays when people are off work. Bring your IPhone (unlock it first) with you and just stick in a sim from out here that will save you QAR4000. Also you need to remember that food is extremely expensive here also and if you drink Alcohol god help you! With the way the market is in the UK we all know its a difficult situation and I see more and more people arrive on desperately low money; but bare this in mind if your considering staying for 5 years, that at the moment costs for accommodation are half what they were 2/3 years ago and with the possible boom with the World Cup they may return towards this level. Once you are here and tied to a sponsor with the threat of a 2 year ban, should they choose, it’s very difficult to get your conditions improved. Living on that sort of money is defiantly doable as the Indians and Filipinas prove but you will have to forgo big nights out and the regular sanity trips to Dubai that you need over here to keep you going……..