Department Services

The service is for the permit to practice  private security services in accordance with the provisions of Articles (2) and (5) of Law No. (19) of 2009 regulating the practice of private security services.

• The company should be Qatari and all of its owners to be Qataris.
• Owners of the company shall have a police clearance.
• None of the company’s owners have been finally convicted of a criminal penalty, one of the crimes directed against state security, or a crime that breaches honour or trust even if he has been reinstated.
• The company's activity is to engage in private security services only.
• The director responsible for managing the company shall be one of the Qatari officers who have previously served in the police force, the Qatari armed forces, or any of the other military authorities.
• That the capital of the company shall be as follows:
• Ten million riyals capital for guarding and security services activities.
• Ten million riyals capital for the support services for banks and transfer of funds and valuables.
• Ten million riyals capital for the cash centre activity.
• The capital for the security training centre activity.
• QAR 500,000 capital for security consulting activity.
• In the event that a license is requested to practice more than one activity, the capital of the activities required to be practiced shall be calculated so that the company’s capital does not exceed twenty million riyals in all cases.
• The monthly salary of the company’s employees should be not less than QAR 6000 for Qataris and not less than QAR 2000 for non-Qataris provided that the salary does not include overtime hours, housing costs, treatment and transportation.
• The company is shall implement Qatarization of jobs by no less than 6% during the first three years of practicing the activity.
• Each company should have a distinctive logo and its own ID card approved by the licensing authority.
• The company’s uniform should not be similar to the uniform of the Qatari police forces, armed forces, or any of the other military authorities
• It is not permissible to transfer the ownership of the company in whole or in part or take any action in its regard, except after obtaining the approval of the competent authority.
• The owners of the company and those responsible for its management must comply with the relevant laws and ministerial decisions.
• Private security services companies are subject to supervision and inspection by the licensing authority as it deems appropriate. The company must provide any information of a security nature that it obtains during the conduct of its activities.