Intermittent checks are being conducted by the Police Dept
Inspection may be done at anytime and any place here in Qatar (in the road, office, the mall, etc) that is why it is important to keep a copy of any of these documents with you anywhere you go in Qatar:
- Valid Residence Permit
(if ID Card is unavailable)
- Valid work visa or tourist/visit visa stamped on the passport if residency is in process
Anyone who will be caught w/o the above documents will be sent to CID for further investigation; CID will call the respective employer/sponsor to provide valid documentation pertaining to employment and visa/residence permit
CID has the sole discretion (which may include possible deportation) for anyone caught without proper documentation.
This applies to all including wives, children, etc.
just give them copies skdkak...not the actual passport.. :)
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Hi Owen.
sorry for my very delayed response.
What I am saying is a child when not in school. does every expat kid have to carry his/her passport everytime. Wont it be a more risky affair for the child to loose it ??
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for reminding us...
it will be returned to you....CID officers will come knocking at your doorsteps, they will deliver it to you...:D
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OwenGive me my ID back, I'm aware that you love my picture so much....LOL The Red Pope of Qatar Living
this information came from our HR..
Every other month there is somebody who works in Urban Planning who conducted a census in our house. And that person enteredt in our flat to spotcheck the headcounts. What will happen if they found out that you are sharing with other family?
I have seen them doing this quite a lot, but what is the problem here. They are checking cars and papers which is within their rights, to be honest no one shuld walk around without identification papers.
How many cars don't have the new plaque for 2008 so may/could be a hazzard to others.
What is your source of information?
If random checks were being done by Police authorities, I'm pretty sure it would have been reported in a leading newspaper.
I do remember they were carrying out such checks for illegal residents, especially bachelors around the National / Souq area, but nothing further than that.
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they dont issue id card to children. would they also check children for their RP?
if so, parents need to photocopy their passport and alwasy kept it in their kids pockets
you will not lose anything if you will do those skdkak..just always to be on the safe side...
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In a foreign country all this expected but why children. Do we need to put copies of passport passport in their school bags and when not in school.. in thier pockets ???
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good reminder
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