OFWs no longer required to secure permit to exit Qatar

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) won’t need to avail an exit permit to leave Qatar after a new provision was enacted in the Arab state’s labor code.
The International Labor Organization (ILO) reported on Tuesday, Sept. 4, that Law No. 13 of 2018 will assure migrant workers’ fundamental rights to temporarily leave or exit the Arab state for good.
The new legislation, which amends provisions of Law No. 21 of 2015 and Law No. 1 of 2017 of Qatar’s labor code, will ensure migrant workers “will be able to leave Qatar without having to obtain such a permit.”
ILO reported that the new law may allow employers to “submit for approval to the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs the names of workers for whom a ‘no objection certificate’ would still be required, with a justification based on the nature of their work.” — Gillian M. Cortez