Employer keep passpord ? 2 year bond...
i got an offered from qatar and just wondering because employer going to bond me for a 2 year of period.
So i am wondering once i join the company will they keep my passport ? i am canadian citizen and going for professional IT jobs..
What would be the case if i do have an emergency.
he has mentioned it in another thread - AlKhaliji Bank
Urvan .. post the name of the company .
maybe somone work for and he will give you a better idea about their regulation and work enviroment ..
I do not believe the offer u got it from a reputed company here in Q....If so they won't furnish this kinda medieval rules and regulations. I am working for a company here, which gives all the facilities and a reasonable salary + the PP is with me.
So plz do think twice before u jump.
Sponsorship
Currently almost all employees in Qatar require sponsorship. Employees are not allowed to work for anyone other than their sponsor even on a part-time basis. In practice this rule is often broken, although doing so is sufficient grounds for cancelling a work permit.
Employees cannot normally transfer sponsorship unless they have worked for their employer for two years. They will also need a clearance letter from their sponsor in order to do so. A sponsor can ban a departing employee from returning to the country for two years.
Sponsors do not have the right to keep the passports of their employees except to perform official business, unless it has been agreed in writing between both employee and employer.
There is 5000 QAR fine to sponsor, who hold/retain the passport of employee after legal/Resident permit processing is done.
Employees who are sponsored can in turn sponsor their own families. Fathers can sponsor their sons as long as they are under the age of 25 and are students, and can sponsor their daughters until they marry.
Workers can not leave the country without an exit permit, although minors and wives may do so.
After a residence permit is canceled, an employee can not return to the country for two years, even as a tourist.
This is what the wrote on the contract...
The employee shall be liable to pay an amount of 40,000 QR incase he/she decides to quit before the elapse of the stated period.
Dracula - Currently i am in canada and planning to fly once fiagure out all the issue's.
That 40 K you have to pay if you leave during any probation period or any time during the contarct
As far as on the contract they wrote it, if i leave the company so i have to pay around 40k qtr.which i dont understand something and i never see something like not all over in north america's..
Passport keep i heared it from my other buddies they usually kept so thank for your clarification.
Welcome. So many people have got into it before you and so many will get into it after you have gone through the experience and left the place.
In Canada or in Qatar?
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"By urvan99 on Sun, 06/02/2011 - 10:06pm
I would like to have you guys provide me help on this, either should accept this offer or not..
I am IT GUY as a SAP Consultant, One of qatar company offer me with everything package come with 20k QTR.
So should i have to accept or not ?
How much gonna cost me for accomadation + Food, etc?
I will be come by with my wife and don't have kids yet.. so please help me out should i have to come by or not and accept this offer...
P.s - I am canadian citizen... Any help would be provide wuld be greatly appreciated."
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normally this is not practice here
They can't legally keep your passport and most probably won't do it.
You can't exit the country without their permission anyway.