Hi Roy, thanks for your reply. It is very helpful. Do you think it would be possible for me to bring my wife and baby with me if we all arrive on a on a visit visa or i arrive on a business visa and them on a visit visa and then have the PRO switch that over to RP status etc?

If not then what time scale do you think they can expect if they wait in Manila for me to process the family paperwork? You mentioned that the RP would take 3 days, how long after this do you think i would need to arrange their family visa (assuming all the paperwork was in order when I arrived)?

Also, what is the fingerprinting all about - is this to make sure that I have not got any previous visas in Qatar for which I would need a NOC? I think Dubai does eye / iris scanning for that purpose.

Thanks again.