Transactions completed in Service Centres in March 2018
Doha: The number of passengers going through Hamad International Airport (HIA) in March was more than 867,241 out of which 189,212 passengers used e-gates at the entry or exit, said a report released yesterday by the Ministry of Interior.
A total of 93,973 visitors entered the country on Visa-free facility in March this year, showing a 30.3 percent increase from February 2018. The total number of transactions completed through the Airport Passports Department in March amounted to 1.12 million, reflecting an increase of 11.2 percent compared to February 2018.
The report included electronic transaction statistics implemented through the Ministry of Interior’s electronic website and the application of Metrash2, which jumped to more than one million and 885,000 transactions, during the first quarter of this year. The total number of services that the public can access through Metrash2 and the Ministry of the Interior is over 350, reflecting the significant benefits that the eServices have achieved for the public.
According to the figures, the number of subscribers to Metrash2 application reached 417,723 by the end of March, while the total number of services implemented through the application reached 679,833. Enquiries about the services carried out through the application in the same period amounted to nearly two million, while the volume of eServices carried out through the MoI site was 1.2 million.
The Al Rayan Service Center was the largest in terms of the number of transactions completed by 27.2 percent of the total services performed in these centers, followed by Al Wakra Center (12.4 percent), Mesameer Center (11.5 percent).
The monthly statistics of the transactions that were achieved through the General Directorate of Passports during the month of March, a significant increase in the number of transactions amounted to 1.65 million transactions. In the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities section, 778 treatments were completed during March, while the number of cases exempted from fees for some services provided to this category, along with retirees, reached 1,067. As for the Passports Department, the total number of transactions executed during March reached 32,621 transactions, up 54.8 percent compared to February of this year.
The number of entry points through the ports of Ruwais, Doha Port, Mesaieed Port, Ras Laffan Port, Passports Department 3,922.
The total number of transactions submitted to the public through the Department of Expatriates Affairs during the month of March this year, 79,408 transactions, a rise of 4 percent for the month of February of the same year. The services provided to the public in addition to the transactions of registering the establishment, which rose to (4463) transactions and an increase of 19.1 percent compared to last February, reflecting the momentum of commercial activity which the Ministry of Interior attaches great importance.
