Passport / Visa Requirements
All tourists visiting Qatar should hold a valid passport, appropriate visa, travel documents and other medical requirements and documentation.
Everyone except Gulf nationals needs a visa for entry into Qatar. The facility of availing visa on arrival exists for citizens of Europe (Austria, Andorra, Denmark, France, Finland, Holland, Greece, Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Iceland, Luxemborg, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Monaco, Norway, Switzerland, Spain, San Marino, United Kingdom and Vatican.) and Brunei, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and USA.
The entry permit that is granted on arrival is a "Transit Visa" that permits the visa holder to stay in the country for fourteen days from date of entry and is subject to change without notice.
All the other passport holders from other countries are required to possess visa before arrival.
Visas are required by all other nationals (other than Gulf nationals) except the transit passengers, whose tickets indicate that they wish to continue their journey from the airport within eight hours.
Visitors on tourist visas must fly in using Qatar Airways.
All visitors are required to have an onward or return ticket, QAR5000 in cash or its equivalent in foreign currency, and a hotel voucher, else, an international credit card must be shown.
While single-entry visas allow a stay of upto three months, multiple-entry visas permit stay of six months, two years or five years.
