Who needs a visa for Qatar?

Free movement by treaty.

• Bahrain
• Kuwait
• Oman
• Saudi Arabia
• United Arab Emirates

Source: Hayya platform (Ministry of Interior of Qatar)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Hayyakum! All GCC nationals are welcome to visit Qatar without a visa. All you need is your passport or GCC ID

Confirmed hotel booking on arrival; passport valid at least 3 months from arrival. The Interior Ministry's page (2021) calls it a free visa on arrival for 30 days, extendable once by 30 days.

• Andorra
• Australia
• Azerbaijan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brunei
• Canada
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Ecuador
• Georgia
• Guyana
• Hong Kong
• Indonesia
• Ireland
• Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Lebanon
• Maldives
• Mexico
• Moldova
• Monaco
• New Zealand
• North Macedonia
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Rwanda
• San Marino
• Singapore
• Suriname
• United Kingdom
• Uruguay
• Vatican City
• Venezuela

Source: Qatar Tourism (Visit Qatar)↗, checked 1 Nov 2026Visa-free entry is now the new term defining previously “visa on arrival”. Nothing changed except the name. ... Enter visa-free The visitor's passport must be valid for at least three months from the date of arrival in Qatar and must hold a confirmed hotel booking on arrival.

Confirmed hotel booking on arrival; passport valid at least 3 months from arrival. The Interior Ministry's older page (2021) still says up to 30 days and a hotel booked through discoverqatar.qa only.

• India

Source: Qatar Tourism (Visit Qatar)↗, checked 1 Nov 2026Visa-free entry is now the new term defining previously “visa on arrival”. Nothing changed except the name. ... Enter visa-free The visitor's passport must be valid for at least three months from the date of arrival in Qatar and must hold a confirmed hotel booking on arrival.

Free; passport valid 3 months, confirmed return ticket, hotel booking or host address, health insurance.

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Austria
• Bahamas
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czechia
• Denmark
• Dominican Republic
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malaysia
• Malta
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Türkiye

Source: Ministry of Interior of Qatar (General Directorate of Passports)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Free On-arrival Tourist Visa for 90 Days Non-extendable for (43) Countries

Free; hotel booked through discoverqatar.qa only; return ticket, health insurance.

• Pakistan
• Thailand
• Ukraine

Source: Ministry of Interior of Qatar (General Directorate of Passports)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Free on-arrival tourist visa is granted to Ukrainian nationals for maximum period of (90) days, or according to hotel reservation.

Source: Ministry of Interior of Qatar (General Directorate of Passports)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026A free on-arrival tourist visa is granted to Pakistani, Indian and Thai nationals for maximum period of (30) days, or according to hotel reservation.

Qatar-Oman joint tourist visa, fee QAR 100; return ticket, hotel booking or address, health insurance.

• Macao
• Mauritius
• Montenegro
• Taiwan

Source: Ministry of Interior of Qatar (General Directorate of Passports)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026On-arrival Qatar-Oman Joint Tourist Visa for (30) days (extendable), for a fee of (QR 100) are granted to (6) countries

United States (90 days per entry; multiple entries for 2 years): fee USD 21 (QAR 76) on first entry; return ticket and an address in Qatar; can pre-register on Hayya.

Iran (1 month, not extendable): fee QAR 100 (tourist); hotel booked through discoverqatar.qa only; return ticket, health insurance.

Belarus (1 month, not extendable): fee QAR 100 (tourist); USD 1,000 in cash or a credit card; hotel booking, return ticket, health insurance.

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Nicaragua: confirmed hotel booking; passport valid 3 months.

• Belarus
• Iran
• Nicaragua
• Tajikistan
• United States
• Uzbekistan

Source: Ministry of Interior of Qatar (General Directorate of Passports)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026U.S. citizens can now obtain a visa valid for two years or until the passport expires (whichever comes first), with the possibility of multiple entries, each allowing a stay of up to 90 days.

Source: Ministry of Interior of Qatar (General Directorate of Passports)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026On-arrival tourist or business visa is granted to Iranian nationals for a fee, up to 30 days or depending on hotel booking.

Source: Ministry of Interior of Qatar (General Directorate of Passports)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026On-arrival tourist or business visa for 30 days, for fees

Source: Qatar Tourism (Visit Qatar)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Enter visa-free The visitor's passport must be valid for at least three months from the date of arrival in Qatar and must hold a confirmed hotel booking on arrival.

Everyone not listed above applies online for an eVisa.

Nationalities not listed above: the official source says so in as many words.

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Angola
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Congo
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• DR Congo
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Iraq
• Israel
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kosovo
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
• Micronesia
• Mongolia
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Niger
• Nigeria
• North Korea
• Palau
• Palestine
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Sudan
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Syria
• Tanzania
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Vanuatu
• Vietnam
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Source: Qatar Tourism (Visit Qatar)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026The Qatar tourist visa is available to nationals of all countries, except GCC citizens, but citizens of over 102 countries are eligible for a free visa on arrival

Most searched passports

• IndiaVisa-freeConfirmed hotel booking on arrival; passport valid at least 3 months from arrival. The Interior Ministry's older page (2021) still says up to 30 days and a hotel booked through discoverqatar.qa only
• United StatesVisa on arrival · 90 days per entry; multiple entries for 2 yearsFee USD 21 (QAR 76) on first entry; return ticket and an address in Qatar; can pre-register on Hayya
• PakistanVisa on arrival · up to 30 days, per hotel bookingFree; hotel booked through discoverqatar.qa only; return ticket, health insurance
• Hong KongVisa-freeConfirmed hotel booking on arrival; passport valid at least 3 months from arrival. The Interior Ministry's page (2021) calls it a free visa on arrival for 30 days, extendable once by 30 days
• VietnameVisaOr GCC residents whose profession is on the approved list (206 professions): single-entry visa on arrival, fee QAR 100. Stay: 30 days, extendable.
• Saudi ArabiaFree movement