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We would like to inform you that if your work contract expires and according to the new decisions, you can apply for a new permit in accordance with the legal procedures followed without the need for the sponsor’s approval by following the procedures below:

1-      Fill out an application with the recruitment committee, and then stamp and sign the new company.

2-      Matching signatures and seals from the Passports Department.

3-      A copy of the passport of the employee or worker with residency.

4-      A copy of the company's commercial registration.

5-      A copy of the company's registration

6-      A copy of the company’s licenses.

7-      No objection letter from the company he was transferred to.

8-    A certificate of good conduct and behavior from your country's embassy, and certified by the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the need to have a letter of authorization for the applicant to clear the certification transaction at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs

We would like to inform you that if you mean the freelance visa then this is against the UAE Labor Law, as the worker shall has sponsor in UAE and the sponsor shall issue work visa   legally by paying money for that and you can’t work with other job as this violation against the work permit.

However, if you mean the visit visa to look for job, then you can get one according to the above procedures, and you have to comply with the residence on the visa, as after that the law grants you 30 days to correct the situation or leave the country to avoid the overstay fines, and after getting permit from the Ministry of Labor then you have to correct your situation according to the law.

Article 11 UAE Immigration and Residence Law:

If the visa is for a visit, the foreigner is not entitled to work anywhere in the country, whether paid or unpaid or as an employer.

If the visa is to work for any person or institution, the owner is not entitled to work with that person or other institution except with his consent or written consent and the approval of the Citizenship and Immigration Administration.

Article 42 of the Executive Regulations of the Immigration and Residence Law

The amendment of the status of foreigners coming to the country under permits or visas for the visit to a residence to take into account the following:

(1) The foreigner obtains the approval of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs or the approval of the competent official bodies not subject to the Labor Law, in order to reside on the sponsorship of the sponsor who obtained the visit visa according to the conditions and procedures required by the official authorities.

2) Collection of the exemption fee from the departure requirement specified by the Council of Ministers Resolution No. (6) for the year 1994 regarding the amendment and introduction of certain fees for the transactions of the departments of nationality, residence, traffic and arms licenses in case of employment in the private sector.

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Original sponsorship may not be transferred except at the expense of the first sponsor, and without such consent, the sponsorship can not be transferred

However, the law regulating the entry and exit of expatriates and their Qatari residence permits the exemption of sponsorship transfer with the approval of the Minister of the Interior

And the Minister of Labor in the following cases:

In the case of cases between the applicant and the applicant

Proving the arbitrariness of the applicant, or if the public interest so requires.

Therefore, we recommend that you submit a request for transfer of sponsorship to the relevant section of the Ministry of the Interior

At the Ministry of Labor. Your application will be considered and if there is justification for transferring the sponsorship without the sponsor's consent, your application will be approved

In all cases, you can transfer sponsorship if the first sponsor agrees, under the following procedures:

1- Filling the application (change of the employer) from the committee to consider the applications of the recruitment, and then seal and sign the two companies.

2 - matching signatures and seals from the Department of Passports.

3 - Copy of the passport of the employee or worker with residence.

4- Copy of the commercial register of the two companies.

 5 - Copy of the establishment of the establishment of the two companies.

6- Copy of the municipality license for the two companies.

 7- A letter of no objection to transfer sponsorship from the company transferred from it.

8- A letter of no objection to transfer sponsorship from the company transferred to it.

*** Note :

If a restriction is found on the employee or worker, the restriction shall be removed from the main building of the labor administration. The following documents shall be submitted:

1) Copy of the sponsorship transfer form signed by both companies and identical to the passports.

2) A copy of the letter of no objection from the first company (movable ones).

3) A copy of the book not to be disliked by the second company (transferred to it).

4) Photographs of the establishment of the two companies. Photos of the municipality license for the two companies.

5) Copies of the commercial register of the two companies. The transaction must be submitted by the employee or the worker himself. Family guarantees (wives), family approval of passports is required to bring the wife.

Fees: Transfer of sponsorship for the first time (2000) riyals for companies, (1000) riyals for individuals. Transfer of sponsorship for the second time (2500) riyals for companies, (1500) riyals for individuals. Transfer of sponsorship for the third time and more (3000) riyals for companies, (2000) riyals for individuals

Article 21:

The employer, the Competent Authorities, and the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs may agree to transfer the Foreign National laborer to another employer before the time limit in the contract has been reached or after five years of working for the employer if the contract did not specify a time period.

The Foreign National laborer may, with authorization from the Competent Authorities and the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, transfer to another employer in the event of the Recruiter’s death or dissolution of the body corporate for any reason.

In all cases, the employer serving as the Recruiter shall not have his legal rights, or the contract between him and Foreign National, violated, in accordance with the referenced Labor Law.

Article (22)

The Minister or his representative may authorize the temporary transfer of a Foreign National laborer to another employer in the event of a legal suit existing between the Foreign National and his Recruiter, on the condition that the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs agrees, as regards the laborer who is subject to the referenced Labor Law.

The Minister or his representative may authorize the transfer of a Foreign National laborer who is not subject to the referenced Labor Law to another employer if proven that the Recruiter was abusive, or if required by the general welfare

For the same reasons, with the consent of the Minister or his deputy, upon the application of the applicant for employment and the approval of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, the arrival shall be transferred to another employer, to which the above mentioned labor law applies.