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QAT-2018-L-107340
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Title_of_text
Law No. 13 of 2018 amending certain provisions of Law No. 21 of 2015 in relation to organizing the entry and exit of expatriates and their residence.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Qatar
Subjects (Classification)
Migrant workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
2018-10-23
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
قانون رقم 13 لسنة 2018 بتعديل بعض احكام القانون رقم 21 لسنة 2015 بتنظيم دخول وخروج الوافدين واقامتهم
Abstract/Citation
This Law replaces and amends Article 7 of Law No. 21 of 2015 in relation to organizing the entry and exit of expatriates and their residence.
According to this amendment an expatriate worker shall have the right to leave the country temporarily, or to depart definitely from the country during the validity of the labour contract.
The applicant may submit an application to the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs with the names of those workers who must receive a NoC prior to exiting the country due to the nature of their work. These workers must not exceed (5%) of the company employees. Relevant authorities will be notified when the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs approves this request.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2018-10-24
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Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
2015-10-27 (QAT-2015-L-102231)
Law No. 21 of 2015 regulating the entry and exit of expatriates and their residence.
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2004-05 (QAT-2004-L-67387)
Qatar Labour Law 2004 (Law No. 4 of 2014).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation online in Arabic
Author
Ministry of Justice
Country
Qatar
URL
https://www.moj.gov.qa/ar/Pages/default.aspx
Page range
P. 3 - P. 4
File
16 qatar.pdf (PDF in Arabic)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Unofficial English Translation
Date
2018-10
File
F620027197/QatarGB-Law 13 (2018) Ar Eng.revATfinal30Oct18.pdf (Printed Separately)