Qatar: Expat Workers Start Arriving Amid The Easing of Restrictions On Work Visas

Qatar: Expat Workers Start Arriving Amid The Easing of Restrictions On Work Visas

After an interval of more than six months due to the COVID-19 situation, the flow of new migrant workers to Qatar has resumed.

In line with the COVID-19 protocol, new recruitment of foreign workers to Qatar was stalled and the airport was shut in March. However, considering the growing demand for manpower, the government has started allotting visas for workers from selected countries since September.

Speaking to Qatar Tribune, Subair Komath Kandy, managing director of Indo Arab Recruitment, the firm that has been recruiting workers for reputed establishments in Qatar for the last 10 years, said: “The first batch of 30 workers from Kenya arrived in Doha on Sunday after an interval of six months. Visas were allotted for us in September and we are in the process of recruitment under the