Country guide · Qatar

Getting a job in Qatar, 2026

Qatar abolished the No Objection Certificate in 2020, so you can change employer on notice alone, and almost everything written online about needing your boss's permission is out of date. What an employer may charge you to recruit you is nothing. Inside: the permit sequence and the ninety day rule, the QAR 1,800 wage floor, notice periods, gratuity, the engineer and healthcare licences, attesting an Indian degree, family thresholds, and the September 2026 wage payment change.

Country guidePublished 20 September 2026·Every figure checked 20 September 2026·18 min read
No NOC
Employer permission needed to change jobs, abolished by Law 19 of 2020
ILO and Qatar MoL, 20 Sep 2026
QAR 0
What an employer or agent may lawfully charge you to recruit you
Labour Law 14 of 2004, via ILO
QAR 1,800
Minimum monthly package: 1,000 basic plus 500 housing and 300 food
Law 17 of 2020, via ILO
7 days
New deadline for your employer to transfer wages, from 9 September 2026
MoL Decision 50 of 2026
Section 01

Nothing to pay, no NOC, and a wage floor of QAR 1,800

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Qatar abolished the No Objection Certificate in 2020, and most of what you will read online about needing your boss's permission to change jobs is simply out of date.

Two facts decide almost everything about arriving in Qatar as a foreign worker, and both of them are in your favour. The first is that the law puts the cost of recruiting you on the employer, all of it. The second is that since Law No. 19 of 2020 you can leave one Qatari employer for another by serving notice, with no permission slip from the employer you are leaving. Everything else in this guide sits on top of those two.

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Section 02

The permit sequence, the platforms, and the family threshold

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Section 03

Licences, hours, the summer ban, and what changed

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