Doha: In a presentation to raise awareness among companies about National Address, Ministry of Interior (MoI) urged companies to encourage their workers to register National Address through Metrash2.
Underlining the importance of completing National Address through Metrash 2, an MoI official said, during a presentation for companies about National Address, that registering through Metrash2 will save them time and effort.
Explaining the importance of the National Address, Lt Col Abdullah Zayed Al Sahli, head of the National Address Section at the Public Security, said that “It is a paradigm shift in the conduct of judicial proceedings. It facilitates the delivery of various services from different service providers and helps reaching the concerned people in issues of personal and public interest.”
It is easier to register through Metrash2 as lot of data like details about your sponsor is already available online and updating the address, if needed in future, is also easier.
“Encourage the employees to download and register with Metrash2. If they don’t have a sim on their name, they can apply for a new sim or transfer the existing into their name. In case of a new sim, it will take 10 days to register the data on Metrash 2. This will save you time and efforts as getting thousands of workers to service centres is difficult. Better to train them on how to register and using Metrash2,” First Lieutenant Saeed Khater Al-Kuwari from the Unified Services Department said during the presentation.
To register National Address at the service centre, if companies have more than 300 workers, then the PRO has to approach the MoI service centre with an official letter addressed to the head of the service centre and in coordination with the official take an appointment to get the National Address registered. If below 300, then go to the service centre in batches of 20-30 workers every day and complete the registration.
You need to take preferably a colour printout of the application form from the ministry’s website. PRO has to take printed forms and the employees to the service centre and the signature should be done in front of the officer at the service centre and not at the company.
“The company need to select the service centre that is closest for the employees and not that is convenient for them. Sometimes the office might be in Doha, but the employees might be working in Shahaniya, then you have to take them to the Shahaniya service centre and not Doha Service centre,” Al Kuwari explained.
If you fail to register before the last date, July 26, there will be a fine of QR 10,000, which will be reduced if court has not taken a decision on the case.
If you provide wrong information - intentionally or unintentionally – and concerned authority used that information for reaching out to you at that wrong address -- then also fine is applicable. The official urged everyone to be cautious while filling the address.
“Before filling up the data make sure all the information is accurate. There is a column for electricity number and if it is not correct then you will not receive a confirmation message from the MOI,” he added.
Benefits of the National Address:
- Helps identify the addresses of individuals and organizations to access services
- Assists in the completion of personal transactions with ease
- Delivery of judicial declarations and government notifications
- Quick completion of transactions in a precise manner
- Delivery of postal materials and government or commercial correspondence to any address with the state of Qatar
The required data for National Address are:
- Residence Address
- Mobile and fixed-line numbers
- Work address
- email address
- Permanent Address abroad
- Any other information specified by the relevant authority