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Exit Permit System to be Scrapped in Qatar?
According to reports in local media, Qatar is reconsidering it's exit permit system. This is good news since the current system is painful and requires expatriates to obtain permission to leave Qatar.
The Prime Minister went as far as saying that the current system had been likened to "slavery".
According to the report,
Qatar yesterday hinted at some changes being introduced to the exit permit system soon. “It is difficult to retain the exit permit system in its existing form,” the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani told Qatari businessmen.“The system (exit permit) is being criticised. It is being likened to slavery,” the Premier said point-blank. He was addressing a meeting of Qatari businessmen convened by the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and Commerce at the Doha Sheraton. The objective of the meet was to discuss the woes of the private sector and ways to resolve them.
His remarks came in response to a question raised by a member of the audience who said the private sector would like the sponsorship and the exit permit system to be retained. And in case there are some modifications being made to the system, there needed to be some alternative mechanism in place to protect the rights of Qatari employers, the questioner said.
“It can’t remain like this,” the Premier said of the exit permit system. Present was the Minister of State for Interior Affairs H E Sheikh Nasser bin Abdullah Al Thani. He said his Ministry had, though, recommended that the sponsorship and exit permit system be retained
This is a really positive step in the economic and social development of Qatar.
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Noble-Man said
Exit Permit ...The Prime Minister wants the Exit Permit system to go.
The Minister of Interior wants the Exit Permit system to stay.
Both said it in the same forum.
So, whom shall we listen to ???
sl said
Noble-Man ...To ME ok!!!!!!!!!!
adey said
Exit Visas ...The powers that be have dabbled with the system recently, it hasn't made much of a difference in fact; in my employers case I now need to apply a week in advance instead of the previous 3 days.
One still needs to show 'permission to travel document', the only difference is that you produce it at check-in rather than at the visa office.Your 'permission' should be on the data base at check-in but I can foresee problems arising with this.
It does seem strange that other Gulf states have the same issues with sponsership and employer rights yet do not insist on restricting movement.
I don't go to mythical places with strange men.
-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
e46M3 said
The pronouncement from the ...The pronouncement from the Prime Minister is very significant.
I think the authorities realize that with Qatar's increasingly open attitude and global role it will be very difficult to hang on to such a system.
You can't have the Qatar Financial Center, top university campuses, international conferences with visitors coming in all the time while simultaneously preventing residents from leaving, even for a weekend break, without special authorization.
That reeks of North Korea and other totalitarian regimes, not a country seeking to advance its position and stature in the world.
danyribs said
Exit Permit ...French /Brazilian
I have been living in UAE last year, and I was much easier, so I could go for vacation on last minute and be free.
I would be happy if in Qatar there would be any change
aikon said
Exit Permit ...is there any latest news about this ???