Couple, but not married !
I will moving to Doha next week and my partner will be joining me to live there in about a month. Are westerners allowed to live together if they are not married? Are there any rules on dress/behaviour protocol in public. I obviously do not wish to offend any locals. any advice please
She can do a visa run to Dubai once a month it's a 50min flight and can be done in a day
No worries, people are just trying to scare you... nobody gives a damn here. As long as you live peacefully... Good Luck.
Legally its not allowed but so many staying together..as long as u dont disturb ur neighbourhood or dont do too much show off or dont involve anything illicit in public ur safe.
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To the OP--
It's not legal. In practice, many couples co-habitate. There is not a special division of police hunting down co-habitators. In reality, probably nothing will happen. However, as qatarisun has said, the problem will be for her to be legally resident if she is staying beyond a couple of months.
If she is just visiting and you are in private accommodation, then having her stay with you is not an issue.
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ok thanks, I know you must be asked the same questions all the time on here so thank you for your patience, So really the best advice is to just socialise in public and not indoors.
Just for the record am not looking for ways to break the law, just want to keep from getting arrested for not knowing
as per law, I'd say it's not advisable.. but no any 5 stars hotel asks you for the marriage certificate.
It's not a matter of acceptable, it's a matter of legality. Unmarried people are not allowed to live together here legally. Full stop.
Employers are also sensitive to this as they are held legally responsible for employee's behaviour/actions in many cases.
If you are living in non-employer provided accomodation and you are both white/European looking, and you are extremely discrete, you'll probably be OK. But you need to know the consequences in order to make an informed decision.
So if she visits me does that mean she cannot enter the place where I live and I cannot enter where ever it is she staying. I obviously will respect the law and their cultural beliefs and I do not want to risk getting arrested or deported, that is why I want to know exactly what is acceptable and what is not.
it is illegal for UN married couples to live together
Do a basic search on the boards. Worst case scenario - you are discovered, arrested, jailed and deported.
All it takes is one nosey or disgruntled neighbour or colleague at work.
Do people do this? Yes. Are you willing to risk the consequences? Only you can decide.
And as QS pointed out - how is your partner going to stay here legally? If you are in company accomodation, everyone around you and your HR dept will be well aware of your (non) marital status. That is a big no-no for them as well.
brit, they cannot "cohabit". She won't be able to live here, without either getting a job or marring him. She can only visit.
When she visits me, will she have to stay in a different place to me or can she stay with me ?
It is illegal to cohabit if you are not married.
Dress is conservative. Long shorts for men , covered shoulders and knees for women in public.
Apart from that its easy going.
how is she gonna live with you without the residence permit? She can only visit you for 2 month by obtaining a visa on arrival at the airport. Then she has to leave.
The is no problem with visiting.. she can stay wherever she wants.
To stay permanently she has to have an RP (residence permit) under sponsorship of either a company that she works for or yourself as a husband only.