Wow. That's complete bullshit. :)

Someone I know who's been here for 4 years said something about only having to leave Qatar for "6 months + 1 day" to be able to move to a new company/new-job under some other "circumstance"... do you know anything about that? have you heard about any situations like that, that require a "6 months + 1 Day" duration outside of Qatar?