Qatar visa medical.

A Qatar visa medical generally involves the following, based on Qatar's current requirements as we understand them today.

• Examination: Physical exam, blood pressure, vision, height/weight

• Bloods: HIV, Hepatitis B and C, syphilis (RPR), full blood count, creatinine. Additional charge, confirmed at consultation.

• Chest X-ray: For TB screening. Referred to our imaging partner; additional charge.

• Other tests: Urinalysis, pregnancy test for women of childbearing age, TB Quantiferon/PPD and FIT test on the official form

• Vaccinations: Hepatitis B status recorded on the official certificate; no separate mandatory vaccine for a standard work visa

• The report: Completed on the destination's own form, an embassy template, or a covering report we draft, with all signatures and stamps included.

• Requirements and forms are your responsibility. Visa medical requirements change and embassies do not always announce it, so you must check the current requirements directly with the Qatar embassy or High Commission in London, obtain the correct forms, and satisfy yourself that you have exactly what your application needs. We will help wherever we can, but confirming what Qatar requires is yours to do.

• Part of this process may need to be completed in the destination country; we complete the UK part.

• KEY FINDING: unlike Bahrain/Kuwait/Oman/Saudi, the operative government medical for a standard Qatar work/residence visa is NOT satisfiable by a UK doctor for UK nationals (the UK sits outside Qatar's Wafid and Qatar Visa Centre lists; UK applicants use the in-Qatar Medical Commission).

Establish with the employer/sponsor which route applies BEFORE booking: for a standard Qatar Work Residence Permit the mandatory medical happens in Qatar after arrival and a UK exam will not substitute. Only book the UK route if the employer specifically requires it.

There is no official form we can reliably link for Qatar. We draft the doctor's certificate to the format your Qatar embassy or High Commission in London, or your sponsor, specifies. If they give you a blank form, bring it and we complete it.

£120 for a 15-minute consultation and visa report (minimal-paperwork destinations); £180 for a 30-minute appointment (involved destinations).

• 15-minute consultation and report: £120

• 30-minute consultation and report: £180

• Bloods (HIV, hep B, hep C, syphilis) where required: additional charge, confirmed at consultation

• Chest X-ray where required: additional charge, confirmed at consultation

• Snellen vision check: included

• Lens-prescription vision report: not provided; we refer you to an optometrist

• Vaccinations where required: additional charge, confirmed at consultation

Pay after, not before. You settle at the end of your appointment; any additional tests and their cost are confirmed with you first.