These travel processes are only applicable to fully vaccinated visitors who are above 12 years of age.
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Stay updated on the latest travel policies, visa requirements and more. Begin by checking your eligibility criteria and jot down the step by step process for a hassle-free visit to the State of Qatar. We look forward to seeing you soon.
Complete your pre-electronic registration through the Ehteraz platform (www.ehteraz.gov.qa) before visiting Qatar. This process is optional for citizens and residents of the State of Qatar, GCC countries and EU countries.
Quick guide on travelling to Qatar
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Travel rules for visitors coming from GCC & EU countries
Travel rules for visitors from non-red listed countries
Travel rules for visitors from red listed countries
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GCC & EU countries
- A pre-travel RT-PCR test is now optional
- Travellers are excepted from quarantine
- Conduct a covid-19 rapid antigen test within the first 24 hours of arrival in Qatar
- Keep the covid-19 health app used across GCC & EU countries that reflects visitor’s Immune status handy
For more information on the latest travel rules click here.
Non red listed countries
- Pre-booking information
- 72 hours before your arrival
- Arrival in Qatar
Pre-booking information
1. Step
Covid travel policy
Check the travel policies to see what applies to you based on the status of the country of departure and make note of the travel policies that apply to you whether standard health measures or red health measures as shown below.
Standard health measures for travellers arriving from non-red listed countries
Pre-departure PCR test
Must submit a negative pre-travel PCR lab result with validity of 48 hours from departure time at the country of origin.
Quarantine information
Exempted from quarantine.
PCR test on arrival
Not applicable
Pre-departure PCR test
Must submit a negative pre-travel PCR lab result with validity of 48 hours from departure time at the country of origin.
Quarantine information
5 days hotel, or home quarantine for those with first-degree relatives (on condition that a proof of relationship and residence is provided).
PCR test on arrival
A rapid antigen test is to be taken on day 5 of hotel/home quarantine.
2. Step
Visa requirement
Begin by verifying your visa requirements to travel to Qatar. Citizens of over 95 countries are eligible for visa-free entry into the State of Qatar creating good chances that you will not require a visa to travel.
Please consult your foreign affairs agency as well
72 hours before your arrival
1. Step
Acquire a negative PCR test result
All travellers needs to present a negative PCR test result that must be less than 72 hours old when arriving in Qatar.
2. Step
Register and apply for your travel permit on Ehteraz
Register for an account on www.ehteraz.gov.qa and apply for your travel permit in a few simple steps. The following documents will be required to successfully submit your application.
- Passport and travel details
- Vaccination certificate (required for travel without quarantine)
- Hotel booking confirmation
- Note: the travel permit is applied for and issued for free. No additional costs will be acquired for the permit. You will be notified as soon as your travel permit is approved. Download, print and keep the travel permit handy during your travel.
3. Step
Download and print your approved travel permit
You will be notified as soon as your travel permit is approved. Download, print and keep the travel permit handy during your travel.
4. Step
Print and fill up the Undertaking and Acknowledgement form
Passengers must fill in the details and sign the Undertaking and Acknowledgement Form before arriving in Qatar. The form is alternatively available on the Ministry of Public Health website, pre-registration platform website (www.ehteraz.gov.qa) and airline online booking form.
5. Step
Download the Ehteraz mobile app
Before departure to Qatar, download the Ehteraz mobile application and have the app ready upon arrival.
Arrival in Qatar
1. Step
Show permit to check-in agent
At the airport show your travel permit to the airline check-in agent. Please note that without a valid permit the airline will deny boarding.
2. Step
Activate the Ehteraz mobile application on arrival
Activate the Ehteraz mobile application* on arrival using your international or a local SIM card. If you'd like to register the app using a Qatari SIM card, you can easily buy one from the Ooredoo or Vodafone store at the Hamad International Airport.
* The Ehteraz mobile application can be activated using your passport number. Your Ehteraz application will then start updating the health QR codes status and your vaccination details.
Red listed countries
- Pre-booking information
- 72 hours before your arrival
- Arrival in Qatar
Pre-booking information
1. Step
Covid travel policy
Check the travel policies to see what applies to you based on the status of the country of departure and make note of the travel policies that apply to you whether standard health measures or red health measures as shown below.
Travellers arriving from red listed countries will have to abide by the red health measures
Fully vaccinated travellers or recovered travellers arriving from red listed countries must submit a negative pre-travel PCR test result on arrival and undergo a one-day hotel quarantine. A rapid antigen test will be conducted at the end of the quarantine.
Unvaccinated and non-immune travellers cannot enter Qatar while arriving form a red list country.
Bangladesh
Egypt
India
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Sri Lanka
2. Step
Visa requirement
Begin by verifying your visa requirements to travel to Qatar. Citizens of over 95 countries are eligible for visa-free entry into the State of Qatar creating good chances that you will not require a visa to travel.
Please consult your foreign affairs agency as well
72 hours before your arrival
1. Step
Acquire a negative PCR test result
All travellers needs to present a negative PCR test result that must be less than 72 hours old when arriving in Qatar.
2. Step
Register and apply for your travel permit on Ehteraz
Register for an account on www.ehteraz.gov.qa and apply for your travel permit in a few simple steps. The following documents will be required to successfully submit your application.
- Passport and travel details
- Vaccination certificate (required for travel without quarantine)
- Hotel booking confirmation
- Note: the travel permit is applied for and issued for free. No additional costs will be acquired for the permit. You will be notified as soon as your travel permit is approved. Download, print and keep the travel permit handy during your travel.
3. Step
Download and print your approved travel permit
You will be notified as soon as your travel permit is approved. Download, print and keep the travel permit handy during your travel.
4. Step
Print and fill up the Undertaking and Acknowledgement form
Passengers must fill in the details and sign the Undertaking and Acknowledgement Form before arriving in Qatar. The form is alternatively available on the Ministry of Public Health website, pre-registration platform website (www.ehteraz.gov.qa) and airline online booking form.
5. Step
Download the Ehteraz mobile app
Before departure to Qatar, download the Ehteraz mobile application and have the app ready upon arrival.
Arrival in Qatar
1. Step
Show permit to check-in agent
At the airport show your travel permit to the airline check-in agent. Please note that without a valid permit the airline will deny boarding.
2. Step
Activate the Ehteraz mobile application on arrival
Activate the Ehteraz mobile application* on arrival using your international or a local SIM card. If you'd like to register the app using a Qatari SIM card, you can easily buy one from the Ooredoo or Vodafone store at the Hamad International Airport.
* The Ehteraz mobile application can be activated using your passport number. Your Ehteraz application will then start updating the health QR codes status and your vaccination details.
Travellers who’ve received two doses of a conditionally approved vaccine followed by one dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine will be considered fully immune on completion of 14 days post the last vaccination.
Travellers requiring hotel quarantine, will have to book the hotel quarantine on the Discover Qatar website.
More detailed information on COVID-19 travel criteria can be found here.
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