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Decree-Law No. 19 of 2020 Amending Certain Provisions of Law No. 21 of 2015 Regulating the Entry, Exit and Residence of Expatriates

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

In-force amendment altering the parent immigration framework relevant to expatriate labour mobility and change of employer. Part of the verified reform chain es…

Law No. 13 of 2018 Amending Certain Provisions of Law No. 21 of 2015 Regulating the Entry, Exit and Residence of Expatriates

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

In-force amendment altering the parent immigration framework, materially relevant to departure/exit architecture. Part of the verified reform chain establishing…

Law No. 14 of 2004 Promulgating the Labour Law

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

Qatar's principal private-sector employment framework, regulating the employment relationship from recruitment and contracting through wages, working time, leav…

Law No. 17 of 2018 Establishing the Workers’ Support and Insurance Fund

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

Establishes a statutory fund designed to support worker protection and address specified worker entitlements or employer-default situations within its legal man…

Law No. 17 of 2020 on Determining the Minimum Wage for Workers and Domestic Workers

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

The parent Law authorises and establishes a statutory minimum-wage framework covering workers and domestic workers within its terms; the operative wage floor is…

Law No. 21 of 2015 Regulating the Entry, Exit and Residence of Expatriates

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

The principal statutory architecture for expatriates’ entry into, residence in and departure from Qatar — visas and residence permissions, hosting/employing res…

Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs Decision No. 25 of 2020 Determining the Minimum Wage for Workers and Domestic Workers

Qatar · Ministerial Decision / Order

In Force

The implementing Decision operationalises Law No. 17 of 2020 by setting the operative minimum-wage floor and, where the employer does not provide qualifying foo…

Ministry of Interior Decision No. 25 of 2019 Issuing the Executive Regulation of Law No. 21 of 2015 Regulating the Entry, Exit and Residence of Expatriates

Qatar · Ministerial Decision / Order

In Force

Supplies operational rules for the parent Law’s entry, residence, status-management and departure framework — procedures, evidence, issuance/renewal/change/canc…

Ministry of Interior Decision No. 51 of 2020 Amending Certain Provisions of Ministry of Interior Decision No. 25 of 2019

Qatar · Ministerial Decision / Order

In Force

In-force amendment adjusting the Executive Regulation of Law No. 21 of 2015 so administrative operation reflects the reformed immigration framework. Part of the…