At a glance
Qatar gives Pakistani passport holders two ways in for a visit. You can get an entry visa on arrival at Hamad International Airport, but only if you have booked your hotel through Discover Qatar's approved list before travelling. Or you can apply in advance on Hayya, Qatar's e-visa platform: A1 for most Pakistani tourists, A2 if you live in another Gulf country, and A3 if you hold a visa or residence permit from the Schengen area, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia or New Zealand.
The hotel booking is the hinge. Qatar's Ministry of Interior requires Pakistani, Indian, Thai and Iranian passport holders to book through Discover Qatar for a visa on arrival, and a Hayya application waits on accommodation checks before it is approved. Without a confirmed booking and a return ticket, neither route works.
Most refusals come down to one of four
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A tourist or family on a short trip
Tourists and families on short trips to Doha.
Living elsewhere in the Gulf (A2)
Pakistanis living in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain or Kuwait (Hayya A2).
Holding a Western visa or permit (A3)
Holders of a Schengen, UK, US, Canadian, Australian or New Zealand visa or residence permit (Hayya A3).
On a long layover in Doha
Qatar Airways passengers with a long layover in Doha.
Document checklist
The base list for this visa. Your own checklist is built around your case — a salaried applicant and a business owner do not submit the same file.
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In the order it happens. Each stage waits on the one before it, so the date you start decides the date you finish. Ranges, not promises — the mission owns the clock.
With a Discover Qatar hotel booking you can get the visa at the airport. If you would rather land with the visa already issued, apply on Hayya before you travel.
For Pakistani passport holders this is mandatory for a visa on arrival. Discover Qatar charges a cancellation fee if the authorities reject your application, so read its terms before paying.
Choose A1, A2 or A3 to match your situation and upload your passport and photo. The authorities review the application, then verify your accommodation, and only then ask for any visa fee.
Carry your return ticket, hotel confirmation and, for A2 or A3, the residence permit or visa you applied with.
Immigration issues the visa on arrival or checks your Hayya approval, and decides whether you enter. Leave before your permitted stay ends.
Money
Fees are not quoted here because they change without notice. Each line says what a cost depends on and where the current figure is published.
Where a visa fee applies, it is paid at the airport for a visa on arrival, or on Hayya once your application and accommodation are approved. Visit Qatar publishes the current amount.
For a visa on arrival the hotel must come from Discover Qatar's approved list, which limits your choice of price, and a cancellation fee applies if the authorities reject the application.
Health insurance is priced by the insurer, and can be bought on arrival.
This is general guidance. Rules change, sometimes without notice, and your case will have specifics this page cannot know about. Check anything decisive on the official pages, or send us your situation and we will tell you where you actually stand.
Read before you apply
The grounds that come up most on files from Pakistan. Most of them can be dealt with before you submit.
Arriving for a visa on arrival without a Discover Qatar hotel booking.
A passport with less than three months' validity.
No confirmed return ticket.
A Hayya A2 or A3 application based on a residence permit or visa that has expired or does not qualify.
Accommodation that cannot be verified, which stops a Hayya application at that stage.
A previous overstay or violation in Qatar or elsewhere in the Gulf.
Send us the refusal letter before you do anything else. It states the grounds, and they decide whether applying again is worth it or would just cost you the fee a second time.
Send the letterStraight answers
What people ask us before they apply.
Yes, but only with a hotel booked through Discover Qatar's approved list before you travel, a passport valid for at least three months and a return ticket. Without the booking, apply for a Hayya A1 e-visa before you fly.
Hayya is Qatar's official platform for e-visas. Most Pakistani tourists apply for A1, residents of other Gulf countries for A2, and holders of a Schengen, UK, US, Canadian, Australian or New Zealand visa or residence permit for A3.
As a UAE resident you can apply for Hayya A2 before you travel, or get a visa on arrival with a Discover Qatar hotel booking.
Qatar Airways passengers transiting for at least six hours who do not qualify for visa-free entry can apply for a transit visa at the Discover Qatar transit desk for a Doha tour; terms apply. A transit visa valid for up to four days is also available for longer stopovers.
Qatar recommends that every visitor has health insurance covering its medical facilities, and you can buy a policy on arrival if you do not have one.
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