Qatar

Qatar's population is overwhelmingly expatriate, and nearly every work visa is employer-sponsored. A newcomer needs a Work Residence Permit (RP) obtained on their behalf by a Qatari employer, typically processed through MOI channels — the Metrash app — and the Ministry of Labour e-portal. In practice much of this paperwork is handled by PRO firms and visa agencies acting for those employers, alongside business visitor visas and dependent/family residence.

That makes the market inbound and B2B-heavy: your clients are often companies with a rolling pipeline of new hires and renewals, not one-off travellers. VisaCRM models each file as its own visa-type workflow — work RP, business visa, dependent residence — so the steps and documents match the file, and gives you applicant management that scales across a large employer's headcount.

Because residence in Qatar is renewal-driven, the ongoing job is as much compliance as new applications. RPs, health cards and documents expire on rolling dates, and across a corporate client with dozens or hundreds of staff those deadlines are easy to lose track of in spreadsheets.

VisaCRM tracks every expiry and deadline per applicant and surfaces what is due, so renewals are worked in advance rather than discovered late. For employers, a partner portal provides a branded window into their own staff's files, and reporting shows status and volume by account. See residence permit management for how ongoing residence files are handled.

VisaCRM builds, brands and runs a full visa platform your agency owns on its own domain. The multi-currency ledger supports QAR natively alongside USD, GBP and EUR, so employers are invoiced and pay in riyals; card checkout runs through Stripe, PayPal, Barclays ePDQ or Ryft, with local Qatari gateways available on bespoke engagements.

You also get secure document management with signed URLs and deadline tracking, multi-channel communication across email, WhatsApp and SMS, and a partner API for corporate integrations. Pricing starts at Lite ($49/mo) and Starter Pack ($99/mo plus a one-time setup fee), with a Bespoke tier for WhatsApp/SMS, partner API and local integrations — see pricing and what visa agency software does.