Visa Regulations

No Visa Type Period Fees Authority Special conditions
1 Visit visa for family members One month renewable for a maximum period of five months for immediate relatives and two months for other relatives - 220 riyals for each visa
50 riyals for each companion in the passport
- 220 riyals for each month of renewal 		Directory of Residents Affairs in the General Directory of Passports ----------
2 Visit visa for wives and children One year or more - 520 riyals for the wife
- 120 riyals for each companion in the passport 		Directory of Residents Affairs in the General Directory of Passports ----------
3 Work visa under the sponsorship of companies and institutes One year or more 220 riyals Directory of Residents Affairs in the General Directory of Passports Approval of the Permanent Committee of Recruiting
4 Work visa under personal sponsorship(servants and others) One year or more - 220 riyals for Qataris
- 1020 riyals for non-Qataris 		Directory of Residents Affairs in the General Directory of Passports Approval of the Permanent Committee of Recruiting
5 Return Visa Two weeks renewable for two more weeks - 50 riyals for each two weeks
- 20 riyals for each campanion 		Directory of Residents Affairs in the General Directory of Passports The visa visit should be valid for a period longer than the person’s stay abroad.
6 Tourist visa Two weeks renewable for two more weeks - 50 riyals for each two weeks
- 20 riyals for each companion 		Directory of Residents Affairs in the General Directory of Passports - Two-way ticket on the Qatari Airways
- Either the presence of immediate relatives in Qatar or booking at a hotel
- An amount of 5000 riyals or its equivalent
7 Business visa Two weeks renewable for two more weeks 50 riyals for each two weeks Directory of Residents Affairs in the General Directory of Passports Issued at the entry on condition that there is a deputy from the company or institution
8 Visa for GCC residents Two weeks renewable for another two weeks - 50 riyals
- 20 riyals for each companion 		Directory of Residents Affairs in the General Directory of Passports Valid residence permit in one of GCC countries for at least three months
9 Visa for companions of GCC nationals One month renewable according to the request of the sponsor 100 riyals for each month Directory of Residents Affairs in the General Directory of Passports ----------
10 Work visa Six months or less - 100 riyals for each month if the sponsor is a company or an institute
- 20 riyals for each month if the sponsor is a person 		The Permanent Committee for Recruiting ----------
11 Lorry drivers’ visa - Five days and can be extended
- Three months for a number of travels 		- 100 riyals for each month
- Visa fees obtained abroad + fax fees 		- The Directory of Residents Affairs
- Qatari missions abroad
- The directory of Passports of Entries 		The lorry should be Qatari licensed or owned by one of GCC nationals and loading goods from GCC countries
12 Multi-visit visa - Not exceeding six months
- Not exceeding one year 		- 300 riyals+50 riyals for each companion
- 600 riyals+50 riyals for each companion 		Directory of Recruiting Affairs Issued for employees, technicians, and workers with short-term contracts and employees of foreign companies that have branches in Qatar whose residence in Qatar is for a short period.

Notes

  1. Visas of companions of the nationals of GCC countries

    These are issued for servants, drivers, nurses and wives accompanying the sponsors or their families. They are issued for a period of one month that can be extended. The fees are one hundred riyals.

  2. Visas of sailors' transit

    these are issued to sailors of Qatar Navigation Company or Qatar Petroleum to board or unboard ships in Qatar's regional water. They are issued at the land or air entries to the sea entry and vice versa for a period of 48 hours. The fee is 120 riyals.

  3. Tourist and business visas

    These are for 33 countries, namely, USA, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Finland, Spain, Monaco, The Vatican, Iceland, Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and South Korea. The visas are issued directly without special conditions.

  4. The joint Qatari-Omani tourist visa

    is issued to the citizens of the above mentioned 33 countries without any special conditions for a period of three weeks through Qatari missions abroad for a fee of 70 riyals or through the country's entries for a fee of 55 riyals. The visa is extendable for one week through the Directory of Residents' Affairs for a fee of 70 riyals.

Rules for joint visit visa between Qatar & Oman

  1. The joint visit visa can be obtained from the entry Points of the two countries or from embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions.
  2. The validity of the visa is three weeks and can be renewed for another week from the General Directorate of Border, Passports and Aliens affairs for the State of Qatar and Oman.
  3. This visa shall be null and void if the holder enters any third country other than the two countries. In this case, tourists can get new visas at one of the countries’ entries.
  4. Fees collected for this purpose will be according to each country’s regulation ( 55 Qatari Riyals for Qatar).
  5. The fine value for non renewal of the expired visa is according to each country’s rules and regulations (200 Qatari Riyals per day for Qatar) regardless of which of the two countries issued the visa.
  6. The holder of this joint visit visa will not be permitted to enter either of the two countries, if the visa is invalid unless he obtains a new one, he will be granted the visa from the embassy , consulate or the diplomatic mission of that country.
  7. This visa will be stamped along with the other obtained visiting visa by the embassy or the authorities at the point of entry.
  8. The holder of the visa can enter the other country directly without having to go to the country which first granted him the visa.
Source: http://english.mofa.gov.qa

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