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Tribune News Network
Doha
Renewal of residence permits (RP) of employees of companies and institutions has been made easy with the Ministry of Interior (MoI) adding two more new e-services to its mobile app Metrash2 and its website.
The new service facilitates automatic renewal of residence permits of the employees in companies and institutions in addition to providing the facility to access direct debit service through the Metrash 2 account.
The new automated RP renewal will help save time and efforts of the company representatives and can avoid fines for delay in renewal.
To avail this service companies are required to join the new service that will automatically notify the list of individuals whose residence permits are to be renewed soon. It also facilitates removal or exemption of anyone who has terminated his job in the company or for any other reason.
To enjoy this service, the company should subscribe to direct debit service which allows transfer of the service fees directly from the beneficiary company's account to the account of the ministry.
The Metrash2 subscribers or MoI website users can use the new direct debit service to make payments for the required services. Earlier, this was possible through bank cards only.
To activate this free service which allows direct debit one is required to fill the special forms available at any branches of Qatar National Bank identifying the persons who are authorised to access direct debit service.
The authorised persons can use it for any payment, even if the amount is higher. In the case of any error, the amount will be returned to the account without delay.
The General Directorate of Information Systems at the MoI has urged all companies and establishments to register for the automatic residence permit renewal to save their time and effort and avoid fines for delay in renewal.
Almost 211 e-services are available through Metrash2 and the website of the MoI.
The number of subscribers to Metrash2 has reached 328,000 so far.
