Government paperwork for GCC expats, done for you.

Wathim is a paperwork desk for expats and employers living in the Gulf. We run residency renewals, national IDs, family visas, driving-licence transfers, attestation chains, fines clearance, work permits, and exit-and-re-entry visas across all six GCC countries - United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Kuwait. Every engagement bundles three things into one fixed fee: the plain-English explanation of what is happening on the government side, the desk fee for handling it, and the actual filing. There is no DIY drop-off in the middle and no per-step add-ons at the typing centre.

On the UAE side we file through ICP for federal residency and Emirates ID, GDRFA Dubai for emirate-specific visa work, MOHRE for labour contracts and complaints, the Amer network for in-person counter work that still cannot be done online, and Tadbeer for domestic-worker contracts. In Saudi Arabia we work inside Absher for residents and Muqeem for sponsors, Qiwa for work-permit and Saudization rules, the Jawazat (General Directorate of Passports) for entry and final-exit visas, and Tas'heel for in-person filing. Qatar runs through MOI Qatar, the Metrash2 app, MADLSA for work permits, and Hukoomi for whole-of-government services. Bahrain depends on LMRA and iGA; Oman on ROP and the Sanad service centres; Kuwait on PACI, MOI Kuwait, and PAM. Every fee, document list, and portal step we quote is verifiable against the official source - we link the source for you in the case message.

When you send the case in one sentence through the contact page, you get a reply within 24 hours with the document list, the official government fee we will pay on your behalf, and the desk fee on top. Approve and we start the same day. Renewals - Iqama, Emirates ID, QID, Civil ID Kuwait, CPR Bahrain, Oman Resident Card - usually finish in one to three working days. Family visas, dependent sponsorship, and attestation chains run two to four weeks depending on the country and the issuing consulate. Fines and overstay clearance is usually same-day. You hear from a real person at each portal step, not an automated funnel.

We are not a law firm and we do not give legal advice. We are not a recruitment agency and we do not place workers. We are not a government office and we do not set fees or rules; everything we do is documented on the official portals - Absher, ICP, MOHRE, Hukoomi, LMRA, PACI - and you can verify any step against the source we cite. Where rules are unclear or in flux (new Tadbeer regulations, the rolling Saudization quota changes, Qatar's NOC-free transfer rules) we say so explicitly and quote the circular we are basing our work on.

Our typical client is an expat between renewals - Indian and Pakistani families on Iqama or Emirates ID renewal, Filipino domestic workers needing a Tadbeer transfer, Egyptian and Bangladeshi tradesmen on attestation, GCC business owners who would rather pay a fixed fee than queue at a typing centre. We also handle one-off cases for newly arrived hires whose employer has not bundled the paperwork support, and rescue work for absconding (huroob) or fines clearance once the case has moved past the standard renewal flow. The desk is open 24/7/365 and reachable on info@wathim.com or through the contact page, with a reply within 24 hours.