Visa requirements for Qatari citizens

Qatari citizens need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Qatar and 54 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

45 countries ask holders of the Qatari passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Qatar without one: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Belgium and 40 others.

The reverse holds for 51 countries: holders of the Qatari passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Qatar (Albania, Angola, Bangladesh, Barbados, Botswana and 46 others).

64 countries ask holders of the Qatari passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 12 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Qatar.

52 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Qatar, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Qatar, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in the United Arab Emirates (5) and Saudi Arabia (4).

The United States refused 9.7% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Qatar in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 31 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 165 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Qatar refused 15% of short-stay visa applications in 2025 (all Schengen consulates worldwide: 15%). Among the 74 countries where they received at least 10,000 applications, that is the 43rd highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Qatari passport

By continent, the Qatari passport is visa-free in 26 countries in Asia, 19 countries in the Americas, 13 countries in Africa, 8 countries in Europe and 3 countries in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Qatari citizens are allowed in Georgia (360 days), Armenia (180 days), Costa Rica (180 days), Egypt (180 days), Lebanon (180 days) and El Salvador (180 days).

Visa on arrival

Qatari citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Brunei, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti and 21 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Qatari citizens enter Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and 22 others. Canada, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, New Zealand, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname and 2 others ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Qatar’s neighbours

Saudi Arabia admits Qatari citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Saudi passport ranks 99th (87 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 6 can enter visa-free, 93 get a visa on arrival and 99 need an e-Visa for Qatar.