Western Asia
Western AsiaQatar visa requirements
Travellers from 95 of 198 countries can visit Qatar easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Qatar
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed82 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Free to visit, live and work2 of 198 passportsVisit, live and work freely.
- Visa on arrival11 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- eVisa101 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed2 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Qatar visa
- Tourist entry6 optionsTourists can use visa-free entry, a tourist visa on arrival or a Hayya e-Visa. The option depends on citizenship and any extra entry conditions.
- Transit permission2 optionsTravellers connecting through Hamad International Airport do not need a visa if they depart within 24 hours. A free transit visa is also described for eligible Qatar Airways passengers with layovers of 5 to 96 hours.
- Business entry1 optionsThe visa-on-arrival rules mention entry for business. An invitation letter from a company certified by the Qatari government is required in the stated business case.
- Hayya e-Visa4 optionsCitizens of all countries and territories may obtain a Hayya e-Visa. There are four listed entry permit types, with different eligibility rules.
- Visa on arrival4 optionsEligible citizens can receive a visa when they arrive. Free tourist visas allow 30 or 90 days; the listed paid visa allows 30 days and costs QR 100.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- AzerbaijanVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BahrainVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America30 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CubaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IndiaVisa not requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- IndonesiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KuwaitVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America30 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- Saudi ArabiaFreedom of movementWestern Asia
- United Arab EmiratesFreedom of movementWestern Asia
- AndorraVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- BelarusVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- ItalyVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MoldovaVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- MontenegroVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- TaiwanVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- UkraineVisa on arrivalEastern Europe90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- AlgeriaeVisaNorthern Africa
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- BangladesheVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- BarbadoseVisaCaribbean
- BelizeeVisaCentral America
- BenineVisaWestern Africa
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- BurundieVisaEastern Africa
- CambodiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- Cape VerdeeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- Central African RepubliceVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ComoroseVisaEastern Africa
- CongoeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa
- DominicaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa
- EgypteVisaNorthern Africa
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- EritreaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- EswatinieVisaSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa
- FijieVisaMelanesia
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- GambiaeVisaWestern Africa
- GhanaeVisaWestern Africa
- GrenadaeVisaCaribbean
- GuatemalaeVisaCentral America
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissaueVisaWestern Africa
- HaitieVisaCaribbean30 days
- HonduraseVisaCentral America30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa
- JamaicaeVisaCaribbean
- JordaneVisaWestern Asia
- KenyaeVisaEastern Africa
- KiribatieVisaMicronesia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- LaoseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanoneVisaWestern Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MadagascareVisaEastern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa30 days
- MalieVisaWestern Africa
- Marshall IslandseVisaMicronesia
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MicronesiaeVisaMicronesia
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia
- MoroccoeVisaNorthern Africa
- MozambiqueeVisaEastern Africa
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa
- NaurueVisaMicronesia
- NepaleVisaSouthern Asia
- NigereVisaWestern Africa
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa
- North KoreaeVisaEastern Asia
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- PalaueVisaMicronesia
- PalestineeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia
- PhilippineseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- Saint LuciaeVisaCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadineseVisaCaribbean
- SamoaeVisaPolynesia30 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- SenegaleVisaWestern Africa
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- Solomon IslandseVisaMelanesia30 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaeVisaSouthern Asia
- SudaneVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- TanzaniaeVisaEastern Africa
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- Timor-LesteeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa
- TongaeVisaPolynesia30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean
- TunisiaeVisaNorthern Africa
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- TuvalueVisaPolynesia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa
- VanuatueVisaMelanesia30 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- YemeneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe43 of 46 countries
- Americas22 of 35 countries
- Asia24 of 49 countries
- Oceania2 of 14 countries
- Africa4 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Qatar without a visa?
95 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Qatar?
eVisa: it applies to 101 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Qatar?
2 passports, including Israel and Kosovo.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Qatar?
No visa needed, for up to 30 days.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Qatar?
No visa needed, for up to 30 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Qatar?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Qatar?
eVisa.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Qatar?
eVisa.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Qatar?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Qatar?
Europe: 43 of 46 passports enter without applying first.
Reviewed by @snuck