I heard a new rule is being implemented in qatar under which one can change his/her sponsorship wihtout the consent of his current sponsor/employer. Any body has more info about it............ plz share
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Workers dismissed by their employers on the following grounds (as per Article 61 of Qatar’s labour law), or on similar grounds by a government department or agency as per their rules, cannot return to Qatar to take up employment with another company before completing four years outside the country. Four years are to be counted from the date of their departure from here:-
Article 61
The employer may terminate the services of an employee without warning and without paying end-of-service benefits in the following cases:
1. The employee is found impersonating other nationalities, has submitted false documents and certificates.
2. The employee has committed a mistake that has resulted in massive financial losses for the employer and provided that the employer has informed the Department before the end of the next working day, from the time that the mistake had occurred.
3. The employee violates more than once, instructions related to the safety or other employees and the establishment, despite being issued a written warning earlier and provided that these instructions are written and displayed prominently inside the establishment at a place where it can be easily accessed.
4. The employee violates more than once the commitments stated in the contract and in the law, despite being warned in writing earlier.
5. The employee divulges vital secrets of the organisation.
6. The employee is found intoxicated with alcohol or under the influence of narcotics while on duty.
7. The employee physically assaults the employer or other officials and seniors while on duty or due to work related disputes.
8. The employee repeatedly assaults his colleagues while on duty and was served written warnings.
9. The employee was absent without justified reasons for more than seven consecutive days or for periods totalling to 15 days in one year.
10. The employee is found guilty in a court verdict in a crime related to his personal honour
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE NEW LAW
Web posted at: 3/1/2009 4:49:11
Source ::: The PENINSULA
The new sponsorship law (Law Number 4 of 2009 regulating the entry, exit, residence and work of foreigners) was ratified by the Heir Apparent,
H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on Thursday. The legislation is to be implemented by a department within the Ministry of Interior to be identified by the Minister (of Interior).
For the first time, the law formalises fines and jail terms for violations of entry, residence and work-related rules by foreign workers.
Sponsors are not allowed to keep with them passports of their workers. They have to give the passports back to their workers after visa formalities are over.
Foreign workers are allowed to come back to Qatar to take up job with another company only after a two-year gap (counted from the date of departure of a worker).
The Minister (of Interior) has been authorized to waive the above condition.
But a worker whose sponsor is willing to give him a release, can be employed by another company immediately.
Workers are allowed to sponsor their wives and sons up to 25 years of age and unmarried daughters of any age.
The Minister (of Interior) has the authority to grant visas to the parents of a worker but on certain conditions.
A freshly-arrived worker has to report to the authorities concerned (the department to be identified by the Minister) within seven working days of his arrival here. The responsibility for this also lies with the worker’s sponsor.
In case a worker loses or damages his passport or travel document, the authorities concerned are to be informed immediately. He will be issued a letter.
Captains of Qatar-bound ships and airplanes have to submit lists of their crew members to the authorities concerned. They need to carry along passports/travel documents and hold valid visas.
The carrier has to transport a crew member back at its own cost if a crew member’s papers are not in order.
Those arriving here on visit visas sponsored by hotels can stay with their relatives and friends provided they inform the authorities concerned within 24 hours of their arrival.
Workers are given 90 days to renew their residence permit (RP) after its expiry.
Housewives and children of workers are exempted from the exit permit rule. They can travel out of the country without producing an exit permit.
Similarly, visitors on a 30-day visit visa are not required to report for health checkups and finger printing. They also do not need an exit permit to leave the country.
The Minister has the authority to transfer sponsorship of a worker who is involved in a court case against his employer.
The Minister has the authority to transfer the sponsorship of a domestic worker if it is proved that he or she is subjected to oppression.
In public interest too, a domestic worker’s sponsorship can be changed by the Minister.
Workers holding residence permit (RP) can stay outside the country for more than six months provided they seek the permission of the authorities concerned either in advance or later by paying a fee. This, provided that when they come back their RP is valid for at least 60 days.
The Minister has the authority to waive this condition..
Working with a company or household which is not the worker’s sponsor is a crime punishable with fine or jail term.
Similarly, employing a worker who is under someone else’s sponsorship has been declared a crime.
With permission from the authorities concerned, a company can, however, lend its worker/s to another company for six months. The period can be extended to another six months.
The authorities concerned can allow a worker to take up part-time job.
Application for residence permit (RP) for a newborn is to be submitted within 60 days of its birth.
A newborn can accompany its parent/s here until it has completed two years of age, but his RP application is to be submitted within 60 days of its arrival here.
Workers facing problems in seeking exit permit from their sponsors, can get someone to stand guarantee for them. They can, then, be allowed to travel out of the country.
Alternatively, such workers can approach a competent court for a clearance certificate stating that they do not have any pending court cases or court rulings against them. They would be permitted to travel abroad. The court procedures can take a minimum of 15 days.
Such workers, however, need to publish notices of their travel in at least two local dailies simultaneously.
Women in independent jobs can sponsor their husbands and children.
The Minister has to issue extensive regulations on the above issue.
Housewives (who are on their husbands’ visas) in employment need to continue under the sponsorship of their husbands.
Qatari women married to foreigners can sponsor their husbands and children provided they get approval from the authorities concerned.
The authorities concerned can transfer the sponsorship of a worker provided the original employer and the potential one agree to it and submit a written request to the effect.
A sponsor has to inform a bank of all the assets of an employee in case of an un-serviced outstanding loan.
A bank, however, does not have the right to directly approach the sponsor of a worker who has taken a loan and is unable to service it. It has to first check with the borrower and then contact the sponsor.
The Minister can order the deportation of a worker in case of a security risk.
The Minister can defer for 30 days a court decision ordering the deportation of a worker. The period can be extended for another 30 days.
Foreign investors/property buyers and their dependents (wives and children) are to be issued visas for five years provided they produce the required documents and have good reputation and conduct and pass the medical test. Their visas are renewable once or several times over for similar periods.
The above person, if ordered to be deported by a court or otherwise, cannot return except through a ministerial decision.
He will, however, be allowed 90 days’ time to fulfill his commitments.
PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATING PROVISIONS OF THE LAW
Article 51 of the new law specifies in detail jail terms and fines for violating the provisions of the law, while Article 52 specifies a fixed slab of QR10,000 as fine for flouting certain norms.
Major violations, including entering the country without a passport or travel document or valid visa and not using border checkpoints, overstay, not possessing valid residence permit, among other things, attract jail terms up to three years or fines that can go up to QR50,000.
Repetition of any violation (covered under Article 51 itself) can attract prison term of a minimum of 15 days and a maximum of three years or fines ranging from QR20,000 to QR100,000.
‘COMPROMISE’ FINES
However, a highlight of the new sponsorship law is that despite some of its stringent punitive provisions, it provides scope for out-of-court settlement with violators.
For example, someone entering the country without a valid passport or travel document can settle the issue after paying a straight fine of QR20,000. Similarly, someone charged with entering the country illegally by not using border checkpoints can also pay the above fine and settle the issue.
Freshly-arrived workers, who fail to report to the authorities concerned within seven working days of their arrival, are to be levied a fine of QR30 per day for each day of delay after that. But the maximum fine levied on the violator is QR6,000.
Captains of ships and airplanes not submitting lists of their crew members to the authorities concerned are to be fined QR2,000.
Hotels not providing lists of their guests who have entered the country on visit visas sponsored by them, to the authorities concerned are to be fined QR10,000.
Workers who either fail to obtain a residence permit (RP) or fail to renew it have to pay QR10 per day as fine for each day of delay subject to the maximum fine being QR6,000..
QR5,000 is the fine for sponsors not handing back passports of their employees after completing visa formalities.
Visitors who arrive here on a 30-day visit visa are to be fined QR200 per day for each day of overstay. The maximum fine in this case, however, cannot exceed QR20,000.
Workers employed with a company or household other than their sponsor, using a worker who is not under his sponsorship and working in a job which the residence permit does not allow, attract a fine of QR20,000.
QR6,000 is the fine for a worker not leaving the country within 90 days after the expiry of his work visa. QR3,600 is the maximum fine for not applying for the residence permit of a newborn within 60 days of its birth or arrival in the country. Per day fine for the violation is QR10.
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Article 61 of Qatar ’s Labour law
Web posted at: 3/1/2009 4:44:40
Source ::: The Peninsula
Workers dismissed by their employers on the following grounds (as per Article 61 of Qatar’s labour law), or on similar grounds by a government department or agency as per their rules, cannot return to Qatar to take up employment with another company before completing four years outside the country. Four years are to be counted from the date of their departure from here:-
Article 61
The employer may terminate the services of an employee without warning and without paying end-of-service benefits in the following cases:
1. The employee is found impersonating other nationalities, has submitted false documents and certificates.
2. The employee has committed a mistake that has resulted in massive financial losses for the employer and provided that the employer has informed the Department before the end of the next working day, from the time that the mistake had occurred.
3. The employee violates more than once, instructions related to the safety or other employees and the establishment, despite being issued a written warning earlier and provided that these instructions are written and displayed prominently inside the establishment at a place where it can be easily accessed.
4. The employee violates more than once the commitments stated in the contract and in the law, despite being warned in writing earlier.
5. The employee divulges vital secrets of the organisation.
6. The employee is found intoxicated with alcohol or under the influence of narcotics while on duty.
7. The employee physically assaults the employer or other officials and seniors while on duty or due to work related disputes.
8. The employee repeatedly assaults his colleagues while on duty and was served written warnings.
9. The employee was absent without justified reasons for more than seven consecutive days or for periods totalling to 15 days in one year.
10. The employee is found guilty in a court verdict in a crime related to his personal honour
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE NEW LAW
Web posted at: 3/1/2009 4:49:11
Source ::: The PENINSULA
The new sponsorship law (Law Number 4 of 2009 regulating the entry, exit, residence and work of foreigners) was ratified by the Heir Apparent,
H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on Thursday. The legislation is to be implemented by a department within the Ministry of Interior to be identified by the Minister (of Interior).
For the first time, the law formalises fines and jail terms for violations of entry, residence and work-related rules by foreign workers.
Sponsors are not allowed to keep with them passports of their workers. They have to give the passports back to their workers after visa formalities are over.
Foreign workers are allowed to come back to Qatar to take up job with another company only after a two-year gap (counted from the date of departure of a worker).
The Minister (of Interior) has been authorized to waive the above condition.
But a worker whose sponsor is willing to give him a release, can be employed by another company immediately.
Workers are allowed to sponsor their wives and sons up to 25 years of age and unmarried daughters of any age.
The Minister (of Interior) has the authority to grant visas to the parents of a worker but on certain conditions.
A freshly-arrived worker has to report to the authorities concerned (the department to be identified by the Minister) within seven working days of his arrival here. The responsibility for this also lies with the worker’s sponsor.
In case a worker loses or damages his passport or travel document, the authorities concerned are to be informed immediately. He will be issued a letter.
Captains of Qatar-bound ships and airplanes have to submit lists of their crew members to the authorities concerned. They need to carry along passports/travel documents and hold valid visas.
The carrier has to transport a crew member back at its own cost if a crew member’s papers are not in order.
Those arriving here on visit visas sponsored by hotels can stay with their relatives and friends provided they inform the authorities concerned within 24 hours of their arrival.
Workers are given 90 days to renew their residence permit (RP) after its expiry.
Housewives and children of workers are exempted from the exit permit rule. They can travel out of the country without producing an exit permit.
Similarly, visitors on a 30-day visit visa are not required to report for health checkups and finger printing. They also do not need an exit permit to leave the country.
The Minister has the authority to transfer sponsorship of a worker who is involved in a court case against his employer.
The Minister has the authority to transfer the sponsorship of a domestic worker if it is proved that he or she is subjected to oppression.
In public interest too, a domestic worker’s sponsorship can be changed by the Minister.
Workers holding residence permit (RP) can stay outside the country for more than six months provided they seek the permission of the authorities concerned either in advance or later by paying a fee. This, provided that when they come back their RP is valid for at least 60 days.
The Minister has the authority to waive this condition..
Working with a company or household which is not the worker’s sponsor is a crime punishable with fine or jail term.
Similarly, employing a worker who is under someone else’s sponsorship has been declared a crime.
With permission from the authorities concerned, a company can, however, lend its worker/s to another company for six months. The period can be extended to another six months.
The authorities concerned can allow a worker to take up part-time job.
Application for residence permit (RP) for a newborn is to be submitted within 60 days of its birth.
A newborn can accompany its parent/s here until it has completed two years of age, but his RP application is to be submitted within 60 days of its arrival here.
Workers facing problems in seeking exit permit from their sponsors, can get someone to stand guarantee for them. They can, then, be allowed to travel out of the country.
Alternatively, such workers can approach a competent court for a clearance certificate stating that they do not have any pending court cases or court rulings against them. They would be permitted to travel abroad. The court procedures can take a minimum of 15 days.
Such workers, however, need to publish notices of their travel in at least two local dailies simultaneously.
Women in independent jobs can sponsor their husbands and children.
The Minister has to issue extensive regulations on the above issue.
Housewives (who are on their husbands’ visas) in employment need to continue under the sponsorship of their husbands.
Qatari women married to foreigners can sponsor their husbands and children provided they get approval from the authorities concerned.
The authorities concerned can transfer the sponsorship of a worker provided the original employer and the potential one agree to it and submit a written request to the effect.
A sponsor has to inform a bank of all the assets of an employee in case of an un-serviced outstanding loan.
A bank, however, does not have the right to directly approach the sponsor of a worker who has taken a loan and is unable to service it. It has to first check with the borrower and then contact the sponsor.
The Minister can order the deportation of a worker in case of a security risk.
The Minister can defer for 30 days a court decision ordering the deportation of a worker. The period can be extended for another 30 days.
Foreign investors/property buyers and their dependents (wives and children) are to be issued visas for five years provided they produce the required documents and have good reputation and conduct and pass the medical test. Their visas are renewable once or several times over for similar periods.
The above person, if ordered to be deported by a court or otherwise, cannot return except through a ministerial decision.
He will, however, be allowed 90 days’ time to fulfill his commitments.
PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATING PROVISIONS OF THE LAW
Article 51 of the new law specifies in detail jail terms and fines for violating the provisions of the law, while Article 52 specifies a fixed slab of QR10,000 as fine for flouting certain norms.
Major violations, including entering the country without a passport or travel document or valid visa and not using border checkpoints, overstay, not possessing valid residence permit, among other things, attract jail terms up to three years or fines that can go up to QR50,000.
Repetition of any violation (covered under Article 51 itself) can attract prison term of a minimum of 15 days and a maximum of three years or fines ranging from QR20,000 to QR100,000.
‘COMPROMISE’ FINES
However, a highlight of the new sponsorship law is that despite some of its stringent punitive provisions, it provides scope for out-of-court settlement with violators.
For example, someone entering the country without a valid passport or travel document can settle the issue after paying a straight fine of QR20,000. Similarly, someone charged with entering the country illegally by not using border checkpoints can also pay the above fine and settle the issue.
Freshly-arrived workers, who fail to report to the authorities concerned within seven working days of their arrival, are to be levied a fine of QR30 per day for each day of delay after that. But the maximum fine levied on the violator is QR6,000.
Captains of ships and airplanes not submitting lists of their crew members to the authorities concerned are to be fined QR2,000.
Hotels not providing lists of their guests who have entered the country on visit visas sponsored by them, to the authorities concerned are to be fined QR10,000.
Workers who either fail to obtain a residence permit (RP) or fail to renew it have to pay QR10 per day as fine for each day of delay subject to the maximum fine being QR6,000..
QR5,000 is the fine for sponsors not handing back passports of their employees after completing visa formalities.
Visitors who arrive here on a 30-day visit visa are to be fined QR200 per day for each day of overstay. The maximum fine in this case, however, cannot exceed QR20,000.
Workers employed with a company or household other than their sponsor, using a worker who is not under his sponsorship and working in a job which the residence permit does not allow, attract a fine of QR20,000.
QR6,000 is the fine for a worker not leaving the country within 90 days after the expiry of his work visa. QR3,600 is the maximum fine for not applying for the residence permit of a newborn within 60 days of its birth or arrival in the country. Per day fine for the violation is QR10.
yea, right, talking, talking...maybe this will happen in 2020! no changes now...
I hope this will happen,and mostly not now
yah first answer is the good answer...!
yeah that's true, it's just rumor
yeah that's true, it's just rumor
Brother, it does not seem possible in near future..
Whenever you are done with, just leave Qatar & join a job elsewhere in GCC.
Don't get disturbed by such rumours and concentrate on your job !!!!