Extension of family visa
By rashmirekha03 •
I have joined in Qatar few months back. I have received RP and also got family visa arranged through my company. Due to some family problems, my spouce and children can not travel now to DOHA and their visa is expiring on 16th Aug'11( It was valid for 3 months during original issue). So can any one inform what is the pprocedure to extend the FAMILY VISA for another 1 MONTH.
As far as i know, if the visa expires after 3 months without entering doha, then you need to process a new one.... extension of their visa is not possible because they did not yet arrives here in Doha...
From what I understood on your post, your family is not here in Doha.
If your family is not here then you cannot extend the visa as it requires them (at least your wife) to get medical test from Medical Commission.
If this is the case then you just have to apply a new visit visa for them.
As for the question if you can apply immediately or wait for 3 months, I do not know because in your case the previous visa was unused so I am not sure if the 3-month rule applies.