Apply by Email

1. Prepare and scan the staff certificates who will be teaching at the training centre
2. Write a request letter addressed to the director of the Maritime Transport Planning & Licensing Department under the Ministry of Communication and Transport (MOTC) requesting the approval
3. Attach the application letter with the certificates in a single file and send it to the Maritime Transport Planning & Licensing Department through their email address: maritimetransport@motc.gov.qa
4. Once the department receives your request, a specialized team will study the application and the certificates and experience of the staff who will work in the training centers in addition to the types and durations of the courses.
5. Then the department will send a team of inspectors to examine the locations, facilities, study rooms, and workshops of the training centres to ensure they are equipped and they meet the ministries’ conditions
6. Once it is determined that the centres have fulfilled the standard required conditions, the department will approve the application and issue a preliminary approval to you

• Application letter
• Certificate of staff

Ministry of Transport and Communication – Head Office
Main building
Lotus Tower? Conference Street,
Doha, Qatar
Phone: 16016 / +974 4045 1111
E-mail: info@motc.gov.qa
website: Link


Ministry of Transport and Communication – Head Office
'Corniche Building
Al Nassr Tower,
Opposite to Q-Post, Corniche Street
Doha, Qatar
Phone: 16016 / +974 4499 5333
Fax: +974 4499 4655
E-mail: info@motc.gov.qa
website: Link

• Sailors Training Centres that require a preliminary approval

• Free

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• 2 weeks

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

• Names
• Location details
• Types of courses
• Number of staff
• Duration of courses

• The preliminary approval proves that the training centre has been approved to provide the sailors training/courses to individual

• Application guide: Link

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• Ministry of Communication and Transport: Link

More information which might help people.