Preparation for travelling to Qatar – MI Document

2 documents which are most important while coming for a job here is as follows (the importance is in terms of time & effort spent to avail these documents). The immediate requirement of these documents for visa purpose differs from one employer to other in middle-east. Some need it immediately, while others may give 4-6 months of time to arrange for the same.

· Attested Bachelors / Master Degree certificate – The attestation is required as a mandatory document by many middle-east companies to authenticate the education qualification of the candidate. The attestation may take from 10 days to 45 days. Many agencies like urogulf.com in India assist in the entire attestation process with a cost of around INR 7K to 13K. Normally the attestation involves 5 parties which is as follows –

§ Notary attestation

§ College attestation

§ University attestation

§ Ministry of External Affairs attestation (India)

§ Embassy Stamp (UAE, Qatar, Saudi) – One needs to get different embassy stamp to get into different middle-east countries.

· Police Verification – It is given for a particular country to be submitted in the company. Some companies though do not demand it. Minimum time for completion = 10 days. Its processing involves following major steps –

§ Submission of stamped document (Identity proof & Address Proof) by a gazette officer with the application form at the main police verification center

§ Within 3-4 days, the local police will do the verification and send the report to Main office

§ The main office will do the due diligence and by 10^th day is ready to give the police verification.