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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 04 January 2013 - 11:01

Hi ladies,

Does anybody know the correct opening and working hours for the main immigration for doing the family entry visa please? I can't find any official opening times and only contradictory answers in other forums:-( . Also does anybody know if you can do family entry visa at an immigration other than Gharrafa (apologies if spelling is incorrect) and are any open on Saturdays? Thank you

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 04 January 2013 - 12:17
You could also try the immigration building close to Abu hamour petrol station. This opens at 6.30am (and so does the gharrafa immigration) till 1pm. It does open again in the afternoon but may only be for corporate immigration issues. Neither open on Friday or saturday. If you get to Gharrafa immigration at 6.30am, there are no queues!! Abu Hamour - best to get there at 11.30am...no queues or also at 6.30am. As a female, you do get priority at this one!! For Abu Hamour one, directions are as follows:- Coming from Jarir bookshop, turn left at the 1st set of traffic lights (used to be known as Qatar decoration lights), next roundabout...go straight across. You will pass Carrefour in a new shopping mall on your right. Go through 2 sets of traffic lights. After 2nd set, you will pass abu hamour petrol station on your left. Next roundabout, turn left. Keep going straight until you get to a set of lights...do a U-turn here. Immigration building is on your right just before the roundabout so take the last service road. It is slightly set back so you can easily miss it!! Another way is to use the Doha expressway (D-Ring). From landmark, head towards the airport. At one point after salwa road exit, the road forks into two. Take the left fork signposted Wakra. keep going...and at 1st set of lights turn right. Immigration building is on your right just before the next roundabout so take the last service road. It is slightly set back so you can easily miss it!! Hope it helps.
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 04 January 2013 - 11:23
Gharaffa opens at 7.30am, but not open on Fri or Sat.