General Security : Admission of Female Artists into Lebanon

Name of the Organization : General Directorate of General Security
Type of Facility : Admission of Female Artists into Lebanon
Country : Lebanon

Website : https://www.general-security.gov.lb/ar

Admission of Female Artists into Lebanon

First: Concerning the female artist visa application
1- For the female artist who has previously worked in Lebanon: The work visa permit granted to her is rejected unless she spends abroad a period of time equivalent to the period she spent in Lebanon as an artist.

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2- As for the female artist who has never worked in Lebanon and who fulfills the above mentioned condition , the night club’s owner, his representative or his manager should present to the Arab’s and foreigners department – Artists’ section – the following documents:
** A visa application form.
** A photocopy of the artist’s passport signed by the artistic mediator who takes on his account bringing her over from abroad.
** A photocopy of the work contract signed by both the night club’s owner and the artist, the contracts sent via fax or internet are accredited.
** A commitment from the night club owner to send the artist back to her country within a period of 72 hours or when a flight is available, in the case of any violation.
** An identification card for the artist including her complete identity.
** A bank guarantee of one million Lebanese pounds for each artist.

Second: Concerning the wok / job process
** The application is subject to the General Directorate of General Security’s decision.
** The entry visas are granted to the female artists from all countries except Israel and countries exporting hand labor.
** The time of processing of the visa is four days from the date the application is presented.

Third: Interviews
** when a new female artist is introduced to Lebanon, the border center grants the female artist a transit visa for a period of 24 hours, within which she has to consult the Arab and Foreign department accompanied by the night club’s owner or his manager, along with her passport and two personal photos where she signs a report and a work contract after she gets well informed about its content and all the regulations that she should respect.
** The work contract period is set to three months.

Forth: Medical Tests
** The Arab and Foreigner’s department gives the female artist an examination report to consult the General Security’s physician who examines her and gives her a test report to perform the necessary laboratory tests that include the pregnancy test. In case the test’s result is positive, the test is to be repeated twenty days after the date of the first one.
** In case of any medical impediments according to the physician’s test or to the laboratory tests, the artist is deported on the night club owner’s expense within 72 hours or when a flight is available, and an entrance ban announcement is issued until further notice.
** An amount of 500.000 L.L. is collected for every medical examination by the General Security’s doctor and that upon a receipt.

Fifth: Residence
** The General Directorate of General Security – Arab and Foreigner department – grants the female artist a residence permit for a period of one month renewable monthly for a maximum period of six months from the date of entry and after the legal fee has been collected.
** The Arab countries citizens and the members of International bands are granted a residence permit for one month period renewable monthly after collecting the legal fee.

Sixth: The female artist’s entry and departure
** Upon her arrival to the country, the artist is received by the investor or the manger of the night club, the General Security’s department of Rafic Hariri International Airport personnel shall make sure this formality is respected.
** When leaving the country the artist should attend the airport three hours before the take off of the airplane accompanied by the night club’s investor (the manager or his assistant) and she is only allowed to leave directly to her country.
** In case the night club’s investor or the manager doesn’t show up in order to receive the female artist, or in case he doesn’t proceed to her departure for any reason, she will be arrested and transferred to the investigation and procedures’ department and the Arab and Foreigners’ department – Artists section – will be informed of the issue.

Seventh: The female artist’s work regulations
1- The female artist must perform a daily artistic show from 10:00 P.M. until 05:00 A.M. except of her weekly rest day and sickness days in which case a certificate of a doctor accredited by the General Security is required.

2- The rest hours allowed for the female artist:
** She stays at her room from 05:00 A.M. until 01:00 P.M.
** She is allowed to go out between one P.M and eight P.M, the telephone number and the car’s registration card number of the person accompanying her are registered and she is not allowed to go out after 08:00 P.M.
** The female artists’ weekly rest day is from 01:00 P.M. until 05:00 A.M.
** The artists working at the night club are allowed to do rehearsals for their performances during their rest hours provided they get a preapproval from the Arab and Foreigners Department – Artists Section.

3- The night club owner holds a record containing the name and surname of the female artists so they can sign when arriving and leaving, and to take note of all urgent incidents (sickness – weekly recess – necessary remarks) as well as the residence address.
4- The night club’s owner organizes a schedule for the female artists’ weekly recess, and he has to send a copy of it to the Arab and Foreigner’s Department.
5- The female artist is forbidden to sit with the clients before her residence formalities are accomplished and the laboratory tests results are issued.
6- The artist must respect public order and general moral decencies and abstain from any actions or behaviors that generate noise or annoyance for the hotel’s residents or for the neighborhood.
7- The female artist is forbidden to stay in any place other than the hotels and authorized houses unless only in exceptional cases decided by the General Director of General Security.
8- The night club’s owner must provide a healthy residence for female artists and he must present a schedule about that upon request.
9- The night club’s owner must provide the Arab and Foreigners Department with a list of the female artists’ residence places and should declare urgent modifications.
10-The families are forbidden to enter night clubs, and it is forbidden to hire foreigners for cleaning jobs in the night clubs.

Eighth: The Stay of the artist outside Lebanon
1- The female artist working period in Lebanon must not exceed six months continuously, and she is forbidden to return to Lebanon to work again as an artist unless she has spent abroad a period of time equal to her working period, the Arabic countries citizens and members of international bands are excluded from this arrangement.
2- The female foreigner who has previously worked as an artist or a masseuse is forbidden to enter Lebanon for tourism or for practicing a different work until she has completed a one year stay outside Lebanon after her last departure as an artist, and according to a preapproval from the General Directorate of General Security.
3- A Female artist is forbidden to marry a Lebanese citizen during her residence in Lebanon, in case she marries a Lebanese citizen abroad her entry to Lebanon is denied until one year has passed.
4- As for the female artist who marries a Lebanese man outside Lebanon, and stayed abroad for more than one year:
** She is allowed to enter Lebanon according to the procedures applied for her nationality, after presenting a marriage contract, legally implemented according to the common regulations.
5- As for the female artist who marries a Lebanese man outside Lebanon, and her residence abroad did not exceed the period of one year:
** She is allowed to enter Lebanon upon a previous decision from the General Directorate of General Security and after presenting her marriage contract abroad implemented according to common regulations.
6- The concerned woman is notified upon her arrival to Lebanon that she must consult the office of nationality affairs and passports accompanied by her husband within 48 hours.