very illegal now!!! Get it, and keep it. It is your's and you can not leave the country without an exit permit anyway for your sponsor, so the company does not need/ and can not hold your passport even if they say it is company policy, it is country policy that they can not hold it,you might need it for hotel bookings, car renting etc. do not hand it back to them, say you still need it as it is your passport.
The problem is, people do not know their rights here, and get scared from their employer. If in doubt go to Jarir bookstore, or google the labor dept website.
You can buy the labor law book here in Qatar and read it. If they insist on you giving it back to them, make up any reason you still need it, after a while they should forget about it, it is your passport!! don't give it back go report them to the dept. of labour, if they keep insisting, the labour dept will have heavy fines for each passport the company is holding!!!
hummm, seems I was right after all!!! ;p
very illegal now!!! Get it, and keep it. It is your's and you can not leave the country without an exit permit anyway for your sponsor, so the company does not need/ and can not hold your passport even if they say it is company policy, it is country policy that they can not hold it,you might need it for hotel bookings, car renting etc. do not hand it back to them, say you still need it as it is your passport.
The problem is, people do not know their rights here, and get scared from their employer. If in doubt go to Jarir bookstore, or google the labor dept website.
You can buy the labor law book here in Qatar and read it. If they insist on you giving it back to them, make up any reason you still need it, after a while they should forget about it, it is your passport!! don't give it back go report them to the dept. of labour, if they keep insisting, the labour dept will have heavy fines for each passport the company is holding!!!
Cheers
Get it and let me see it tomorrow.
Salam