Yesterday, the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 kicked off, letting the world know that Qatar is a "luxurious" country with a good life, and a hot topic of "working in Qatar" was born.
Why do you want to work in Qatar?
Because of its wealth, Qatar ranks first in the world in terms of per capita GDP. In this World Cup, people spent $220 billion. Is it a huge sum of money? This country is not as big as Qingdao. To accommodate teams and fans from all over the world, a city was built out of thin air. If you have a chance to walk on the streets of Qatar, you will find that the air conditioner on the earth is outdoor, blowing air from underground. Can you imagine? To be honest, I don't think Qatar hosted the World Cup just to love football, I think it is to show off its wealth.
There is nothing to say about the welfare in Qatar. Medical care, education and old-age care are all free. The happiest thing is that people work three hours a day, four days a week and three days off. Sometimes they work overtime until 2 pm. Do you envy 996?
How to work in Qatar?
You must have a visa to go to Qatar, including a tourist visa, a family visit visa and a business visa. Tourist visas and visiting relatives visas are not allowed to work. If you want to work, you only have a business visa. Generally, the company or designated agency and guarantor apply to the airport visa office of the Immigration Bureau on behalf of the applicant, and the stay period is 14 days, which can be extended for three months after the expiration. Because Qatar joined the Belt and Road Initiative as early as 20 18, the procedure for China people to go to Qatar or landing visa is still very simple.
Here I suggest looking for a formal labor service company and going through formal legal procedures. First, professional people do professional things. If you go through these complicated procedures yourself, it will be a waste of time and you may not succeed. Labor service companies will have their own experience and methods, as well as after-sales service. Second, some small labor service companies may cheat. After all, there are many cases of being cheated when going abroad to work.
In addition, to learn a little local language, at least simple communication should be possible, and you can use it if you know English.
What's the experience of working in Qatar?
If you want to work in Qatar, you must first adapt to the local climate. Qatar has a tropical desert climate, which can be said to be dry and hot. Every June, June, June and June, the temperature will drop to about 25-30℃, and the temperature in other months will be between 40-50℃, which is very important for temperate coastal cities. Especially outdoor work, such as delivery, working in such high temperature every day, "heatstroke" is common, and the local custom is that you can't wear clothes without sleeves and pants over your knees. You can imagine how it tastes.
Another is that the working efficiency of China people here is a blow to the local people, but what the enemy can do in one week or even two weeks, China people can finish in one day. When you first come to work, you will feel very uncomfortable. Everyone here has a clear division of labor, and the working hours are stuck. Don't do more.
Finally, I want to say that going abroad to work is not as easy as everyone thinks, and it is all bought with hard sweat. Moreover, the salary in Qatar is not as high as you think, and all outrageous things are deceptive, so I advise you to keep your eyes open here.