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Sanjiv Arora (Photo courtesy: Qatar Airways / Flickr) Sanjiv Arora H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Qatar, is in India on a two-day visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  The level and frequency of exchange of visits between two countries are an important parameter of the level...

Doha News says it has been blocked by the Gulf country's two internet service providers - with no reason why. Doha, Qatar - An English-language news website in Qatar has raised the issue of "censorship" after it was blocked by the country's two internet service providers simultaneously for reasons unknown. Doha News, which has operated for eight years in the capital, said in...

Now we don't mean to panic you. Qatar is, in many ways, quite a tolerant country. However, there are a few things that you should really avoid doing. ARTICLE 77 Without the prejudice to the right of the competent administrative authorities in the deportation of any alien, in accordance with the law, the court can, if the alien is sentenced to...

As more and more couples in the GCC are testing the waters before jumping head first into the sea of marriage, XPRESS explores the dangers lurking behind live-in relationships. You may be doing it to save money, you may be doing it out of love, or blindly and unknowingly… whatever the reason, sharing a roof with an unrelated person of...

Close to 2,000 Filipinos who are undocumented residents in Qatar can be repatriated without any legal consequences as the country’s three-month amnesty ends on December 1. Consul General Roussel Reyes of the Philippine Embassy in Doha in a DZMM radio interview said the amnesty covers overstaying foreigners, workers who ran away from employers and those with expired passports. Without the amnesty...

Passport You must provide your actual signed passport, including one copy of the personal information page of your passport. Your passport must: Be valid for the next six months Have at least two consecutive blank visa pages Not be frayed, torn, separating, or altered in any other way If your passport does not meet these requirements, please contact CIBTvisas at...

ACTUAL WORKING HOURS An employee may not actually work for more than (8) hours a day if the employer uses the daily work criterion, or more than (48) hours a week if he uses the weekly criterion. During the month of Ramadan, the actual working hours for Muslims shall be reduced to a maximum of (6) hours a day...

As part of an ongoing campaign by the government to raise awareness of the country’s new law for the entry, exit, and residency of expats, Qatar has been hosting a series of workshops. Under the provisions of Law No. 21 of 2015, the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour & Social Affairs (MADLSA) and Ministry of Interior (MoI) have conducted regular...

Doha: The three-month amnesty announced by the government for expatriates staying illegally to leave the country without facing legal consequences will end on December 1. The Ministry so far has not announced any plan to extend the grace period. There has been a surge in the number of illegal expats approaching the Search and Follow-Up Department to avail of the...

Under Law No 21 of 2015 regulating the entry, exit and residency of expatriates, which will come into force on December 13, the service periods of an expatriate employee will be calculated from the day he/she started working for their employer. This includes all days of employment accumulated prior to the implementation of the new law, the Ministry of Administrative...

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani passed a law on Tuesday that puts forth that a person who smokes while driving a vehicle having an occupant under the age of 18 is punishable with a maximum fine of QR3,000. The new law under Article 18 of Law No. 10 of 2016 on the control of tobacco and its...

After a lot of news about cases has been airing in the past week, another was reported recently, but this time, it was almost caught in the act. A taxi driver was arrested for an attempted of a Grade 5 girl student  in a remote vacant lot, in a subdivision in Barangay Muntindilaw, Antipolo. According to the police...

An Emirati businessman was hospitalised in the US state of Ohio after local police officers aggressively arrested him, and yelled at him to get on the ground, after a call was placed by a hotel guest claiming he had “pledged allegiance” to Daesh. CCTV footage from the scene shows 41-year-old Ahmed Al Menhali– from Abu Dhabi- standing outside his hotel...

The new law regulating entry, exit and residency of expatriates in Qatar has transformed the Kafala (sponsorship) system in the country into one controlled by employment contracts, a senior official of the Ministry of Interior has said. When Law No. 21 of 2015 that regulates the entry, exit and residency of expatriates in Qatar comes into force towards the end...