MoI online services record increase in number of users

Online services by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) recorded an increase in the number of users after coronavirus (Covid-19) precautionary measures were put in place.

This was highlighted during an awareness session, organised by the MoI Public Relations Department in association with the General Directorate of Passports on Wednesday.“People started to increasingly make use of the Metrash2 app and the MoI website to avail of residency services, instead of going to the service centres, after the precautionary measures came into effect,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Tariq Eissa al-Aqeedi of the Media and Public Relations Department of the General Directorate of Passports.During the second half of 2020, a total of 1,356,458 residence services were completed through the MoI website, while the number of services during the first half of 2021 stood at 850,066.Metrash2 recorded 763,635 and 440,028 transactions during the second half of 2020 and the first half of 2021, respectively.Al-Aqeedi also said that a new feature with Metrash2 helps companies with the strength of hundreds of employees to complete residence permit renewal easily without human intervention.While addressing the seminar, Lieutenant Fars Mubarak al-Dossari said that a new Qatar Visa Centre (QVC) will be opened in Tunisia.“The QVCs are set up and operated in co-operation with the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Public Health,” he said. “An integrated recruitment system, enabled through the QVCs, is helping both employers and employees complete the procedures easily.”“The centres ensure the protection of their rights,” al-Dossari noted.He added that the QVCs ensure transparency in completing the necessary procedures.They have brought in a systematic wage protection system that prevents exploitation and illegal practices by intermediaries and brokers.“Employees are now able to get electronic contracts, and this ensures job security and protection from any kind of exploitation,” he said.