Wooden dhows in Doha Bay with the city skyline behind, Qatar

Who needs a visa for Qatar?

Western Asia · Doha

Photo: Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 6 enter Qatar with no paperwork at all. The rest: 93 can get a visa at the border and 99 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Qatar government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Qatar's own immigration service or its embassy.

How long your passport must be valid for Qatar: see passport validity by country.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 6

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 99

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa on arrival 93

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

About Qatar

Region
Western Asia
Capital
Doha
Population
2,972,215 2025 · 137th of 197
Size
11,586 km² 159th largest of 199
Density
257 per km²
Language
Arabic
Currency
Qatari riyal QAR
Borders
Saudi Arabia

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.