Title	Qatar;  Regulation of entry and exit of expatriates  and their residence
Date of conclusion	23/10/2018
Entry into force	Following its date of publication in the Official Gazette.
Text version(s)	English and Arabic
Source	Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs; Qatar
	Law No. 13/2018 (23 Oct 2018) accessed: 20 November 2022.
	Last accessed: 20 November 2022
Keywords	Qatar; Laws & Regulations; Policy; Foreign Labour;

Abstract
The Government of Qatar announced certain reforms in their Law No. 21 of 2015 concerning
organizing the entry and exit of expatriates and their residences. It allows workers to temporarily
or permanently leave the country during their employment. The applicant can submit an
application for NOC from the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs.
However, these workers must be at most 5% of the total number of employees of the company.

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