How to complete a Married Contract Status in Qatar

Each year non-Qatari employees with married contact status are asked to prove that their spouse was in Qatar for at least 180 days. This is to avoid fraud by people claiming their wife lives with them when in reality they live abroad. Luckily, with the introduction of...

Licensed to Drive

Getting a driving license in Qatar used to be easy if you were from a list of mainly western countries. Simply hand over your home country driving license and they give you a Qatar one. However, in January 2017 the process changed. Now EVERYONE has to go through the...

Preparing for a role in Qatar

Having been offered a job in Qatar, the hard work really begins. To try and ensure everyone who comes to work in the country is appropriately qualified and is likely to be an upstanding citizen, Qatar has strict policies with respect to the documentation you will need...

Welcome to Doha!

The thing you really remember about Hamad International Aiport in Doha is the giant yellow teddy bear in the grand foyer. I caught my first glimpse of the 7m (23 foot) high creature as I descended the escalator to find my luggage. The “Lamp Bear” was...

Dan Pfaff Interview (2008)

Dan Pfaff is widely regarded as one of the world’s top track and field coaches, having coached 33 Olympians to seven medals and 45 World Championships performers to ten medals – across sprints, jumps and throws. Most famously he coached Donovan Bailey to Gold and a...