Qatar: Law No. 21 of 1989 regulating marriage to foreigners
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Qatar: Law No. 21 of 1989 regulating marriage to foreigners |
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Date of adoption
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25 December 1989 Last amended: 17 March 2005
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Entry into force
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01 January 1989 |
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Source:
– Official Journal Issue No. 16 (01 January 1989) p. 620. Retrieved from: Al-Meezan Qatar Legal Portal, accessed: 21 July 2013. – http://www.almeezan.qa/LawView.aspx?opt&LawID=2555&TYPE=PRINT&language=ar – http://www.almeezan.qa/LawView.aspx?opt&LawID=2555&TYPE=PRINT&language=en
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Abstract
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Art. 1 lists the categories of persons who may not marry a foreign national other than GCC nationals.
Art. 2 sets the conditions that must be met by a Qatari man marrying a foreign woman and the conditions that must be met by the foreign woman.
Art. 3 lists the exceptions to those conditions.
Art. 4 lists the conditions that must be met by a foreign man marrying a Qatari woman.
Art. 6 lists the rights granted to a Qatari woman’s children once her marriage to a foreign man has been approved by the State.
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