Friend who needs help in difficult situation to exit from Qatar
a friend of mine set up a business with an Indian guy and a local qatari in partnership and he was responsible to manage this business on salary + profit share.
however sadly he did not receive any salary for more than 1 year now, and the business went in loss. Now the sponsor is not giving him exit and wants him to repay all money when the business is in loss because of these people who did not invest properly.
Also, they did not even make my friend a partner on paper, did no documentation and my friend has no proof of either his employment or partnership. Also,he is personally in debt now and has to live in very poor conditions, being supported by his wife who is sending money from abroad.
Apparently, the investor and local partner are very influential and have before put false claims against a man and harassed him of absconding from work even though they themself did not pay salary.
What should he do, how can he get out of this situation and get his exit and leave qatar. Someone pls help.
I am not an expert! But seems to me that in most countries that I know of, that if nothing is on paper than it is not legally binding. Your friend could do a few things, first he could go to the could make his case that he was just an employee who was not paid. since there is nothing to make the case on partnership, however I know that in some countries if an employee keeps a log of all their hours and along with a letter from a few customers that they served that the employment standard board will take their side. Secondly, if your friends passport is being held illegally by these bumsters than your friend could claim that his passport was stolen by these men and have it replaced. finally your friend could take his case to court as is, he still has a good chance of winning money from these guys if he can prove that he put money into the business regardless if there is anything on paper or not.
Good luck!