Guides
Practical notes on the paperwork Qatari companies actually deal with — written against the law and the official sources, and kept current.
Published 20 Sept 2026 · 8 min read
The 2026 Labour Law amendments in Qatar: what is published, and what is not
Ten articles of the Labour Law were replaced in June 2026, and the new text is still not on the State's legal portal. Here is what can be relied on, and what cannot.
Qatar Labour Law 2026 Amendments: What Is ConfirmedPublished 20 Sept 2026 · 8 min read
When a wage falls due in Qatar: the seven days, and what changed in September 2026
The seven-day window has been law since 2015. What a decision published on 8 September 2026 changed is the day it is counted from — and that is the part that moves payroll.
Qatar Wage Protection System: When Wages Fall DuePublished 20 Sept 2026 · 9 min read
A company's paperwork online in Qatar: what no longer needs a counter
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry spent 2026 moving a company's paperwork into an app. Here is what can now be finished without a counter — and the deadlines none of it moves.
Qatar Company Paperwork Online: What Changed in 2026Published 15 Sept 2026 · 11 min read
Setting up a real estate brokerage in Qatar: the Ministry of Justice licence
Not an activity you add to a commercial register. A separate licence with conditions on the person, on the company and on the office — and a second, narrower door for a foreign firm.
Real Estate Brokerage in Qatar: The Licence ConditionsPublished 15 Sept 2026 · 11 min read
Selling online in Qatar: a licence for every website
A separate licence for each shopfront, four conditions to meet before applying, and a set of disclosure duties whose breach the 2010 law treats as a crime rather than a complaint.
E-Commerce in Qatar: A Licence for Every WebsitePublished 14 Sept 2026 · 10 min read
Setting up a company in Qatar as a foreigner: the rule and the steps
The fifty-one per cent Qatari partner stopped being the rule in 2019. What replaced it is an application, a set of conditions, and a sequence that ends at the commercial register.
Foreign Company Formation in Qatar: The Rule and the StepsPublished 14 Sept 2026 · 10 min read
Changing employer in Qatar: what the end of the NOC did, and did not, change
Article 22 was repealed outright and the old employer's approval went with it. Everything else about a transfer — the notice, the two ministries, the compensation — stayed exactly where it was.
Changing Employer in Qatar: The Rules After the NOCPublished 12 Sept 2026 · 9 min read
Renewing a company vehicle in Qatar: the istimara, the insurance and the plates
Thirty days after expiry is a deadline for the paperwork, not permission to keep driving. The law separates the two, and the penalty for confusing them is not a parking ticket.
Qatar Vehicle Registration Renewal: Istimara DeadlinesPublished 11 Sept 2026 · 8 min read
Renewing a company's papers in Qatar: the CR, the licence and the establishment card
A company's documents count backwards from their expiry date. A residence permit counts forwards from it — which is why the same reminder cannot serve both.
Qatar Commercial Registration and Licence Renewal DeadlinesPublished 11 Sept 2026 · 8 min read
Residence permit deadlines in Qatar: 30, 90 and 14 days
A residence permit is one date, and the law hangs several more off it — each counted from a different event, and each with its own fine.
Qatar Residence Permit Deadlines: 30, 90 and 14 DaysPublished 11 Sept 2026 · 9 min read
Ending an employment contract in Qatar: notice, probation and dismissal
Four rules decide how a job ends in Qatar, and the article number is what a dispute committee asks about first.
Ending an Employment Contract in Qatar: Notice PeriodsPublished 10 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
End-of-service gratuity in Qatar: how it is calculated
Article 54 states the rule in two lines. Almost every dispute is about what it does not spell out.
End of Service Gratuity in Qatar: Rules and Calculation