DOHA: The employer must facilitate the expatriate to contact the competent authorities within 30 days from the date of entry into the country to complete the procedures for obtaining a residence or visit permit. The expatriate is not allowed to refuse to complete these procedures, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Monday.
The procedure isbased on the provisions of Article (10) of Law No. 21 of 2015 regulating the entry, exit, and residence of expatriates (Paragraph 1), the ministry said in a social media post.
According to clause 2 of Article (40) of the same law, failure to comply by either the employer or the expatriateexposes them to penalties from the judiciary, including a fine that may reach up to QR10,000, the ministry warned.
The law, as stipulated in Article (142), also allows the competent authority of the Ministry of Interior to accept reconciliation with the accused in this violation by paying an amount of QR10 for each day of delay, with a maximum of QR6,000, in accordance with the reconciliation amounts specified in the table attached to this law.
