Hi Both, thanks for the replies.

We do have a very good mandoop who so far managed to get me to exit and re enter after fingerprinting and before my RP was issued without having to repeat anything, then he managed to bring my family on a tourist visa and then changed them to family visa without them having to exit.

Problem is trying to get him to actually start the work! Once he does he is pretty good.

I thought that maybe once they had the 5 month extension to their family visa then they could exit and re-enter? How possible do you think that might be to arrange, mandoops aside? My wife's best friend just got killed in a military helicopter crash back home and she really is distraught and it would be helpful if the Qatari govt could sort her out even a single exit / re entry.

Thanks again