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 -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 |
Directory of
Residents Affairs in the General Directory of Passports |
Approval of the Permanent Committee of Recruiting |
5 |
Return visa | ____ |
-220 riyals |
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 |
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.