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Satyendra Pathak
Doha
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday announced that the ministry has introduced automatic residency renewal facility for companies to renew residency for employees without human intervention.
Providing details about the new facility during a webinar on advantages of Metrash 2 services, First Lieutenant Muhammad Khalid Al Tamimi, officer of smart devices section at the Electronic Services Department in the General Directorate of Information Systems, said the automatic residency renewal facility is in line with MoI’s recently launched concept to provide ‘Zero Click’ services to companies in Qatar.
To benefit from this service, Lt Tamimi said, companies are only required to register for automatic residency renewal service through Metrash2.
“Once the registration is done, every month the service will renew residency for employees automatically and send IDs to the company location without human interaction. The service will also ensure that the renewal fees are deducted automatically from bank accounts as provided by respective companies,” Lt Tamimi said.   
During the webinar, Tamimi also revealed that the number of active Metrash2 users has reached almost 2 million and more than 220 active services are provided through this application to companies, visitors, residents and citizens.    
Highlighting the advantages of Metrash 2, Tamimi said, “It guarantees safe and encrypted services and supports most of the smart devices, which contributes to reaching the largest possible segment of users. The Metrash2 service is available in six languages including Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Urdu, and Spanish.”
Tamimi said that Metrash 2 also sends reminder notices to the user about the expiration date of the documents, completing government procedures and handling errors automatically.
Providing details about the most used services through Metrash 2 in 2019, he said, “Residency renewal, visa extension, traffic violation payment, vehicle ownership transfer, visa printout and leave notification were the most used services during the year.”
In 2020, he said, the ‘National Address’ registration through Metrash 2 application attracted the most number of users.  
Tamimi said that number of transactions through Metrash 2 has already crossed 6 million this year, which is much higher than 3.15 million in 2019.  
To avail services through Metrash 2, he said, one requires a valid Qatari ID card and a phone number registered in the user’s name.
The webinar, organised  by the General Directorate of Information Systems in cooperation with the Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Interior, was attended by a large number of officials of companies and establishments in Qatar. 
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