{
  "id": 14664369,
  "title": "Fine of up to QR25,000 for withholding employees’ passports in Qatar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/fine-of-up-to-qr25-000-for-withholding-employees-passports-in-qatar",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T08:35:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/15/10/2026/fine-of-up-to-qr25000-for-withholding-employees-passports-in-qatar"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "<p>Doha, Qatar: Employers in Qatar who fail to return workers’ passports after completing residence permit issuance or renewal procedures may face fines of up to QR25,000, a Ministry of Interior official reminded.</p> <p>Speaking during a Ministry of Interior webinar, Head of the Detention Section at the Search and Follow-up Department, Major Saud Hamad Alburaydi, said employers must return…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}