Qatar’s Ministry of Labor has launched new electronic services for enhancing digital transformation, automation and to speed up transactions and streamline procedures.
The ministry explained that the new e-services comprises four types, including submission of recruitment requests for temporary work visas, adding a government contract to the facility registry, service of submitting labor recruitment requests for government and semi-governmental institutions, as well as service for submitting labor recruitment applications for Qatar Financial Center companies.
As per the ministry, submitting recruitment requests for temporary work visas allows companies and institutions to ask for a temporary recruitment approval for workers to work in Qatar. Submitting labor recruitment requests to governmental and semi-governmental institutions allows those willing to hire workers from outside the country and employ them.
The government contracting service provides to the registry of an establishment in front of the companies, the possibility of documenting a contract it has with the government entity that owns the project. Submitting labor recruitment applications for the Qatar Financial Center companies, the Qatar Financial Group of Companies, enables them to submit a request for approval for the hiring of private labor for their affiliated companies.
Recruitment requests for government agencies will be approved automatically if they comply with the automation standards. It will also reduce the expected steps from six to three at a maximum and further reduce them to one step in the case of applying for automatic approval.
The Ministry indicated that its Digital Transformation Management Unit is working to upgrade, update and provide approximately 80 services and electronic transactions as these will be completed without the need to physically visit the ministry’s building or service offices or submit paper documents.
The Ministry added that the unit relies on agile methodology which will have the ability to launch new services and updates on a monthly basis. This is a significant change in the average release period of about six to eight weeks.
The Ministry confirmed its commitment to launch a comprehensive electronic system for all the services it offers soon especially for those companies that are abiding by the law. The Ministry asserted that it is coordinating with various authorities concerned to ensure better quality of services.