Residents with expired QID during travel ban can return to Qatar
Entry to the State of Qatar is temporarily suspended from 14 countries as of March 9, 2020, as a preventive measure due to the spread of COVID-19 worldwide.
The decision includes the following countries: Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, and Thailand which affects all individuals intending to enter Qatar, including visas on arrival, QID holders or work permit holders, and temporary visitors.
As per Qatar’s law, expatriates with QID holders can not stay out of the country for more than six months. Expatriates were unable to enter the country with an expired QID.
However, due to travel ban imposed on those countries as a preventive measure to combat COVID-19, residents with expired QIDs can still come back to Qatar even if they have stayed out of the country for more than six months, according to Ministry of Administrative Labour and Social Affairs.
The Ministry continues to urge members of the public to follow all recommended precautionary measures to protect themselves from contracting the virus.
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Source: Qatar Tribune
https://www.qatarairways.com/en/travel-alerts/COVID-19-update.html
Qatar Airways on their website says that RP holders are allowed to travel. However, nobody at the airports are aware..
It's really help full decision
My friend it's not contrary ,news it say if you over staying due to ban, after when ban is lifted you can be allowed to enter
What about people with valid QIDs?
My family is in Doha and I'm stranded in india... the airports here are not allowing RP holders to board.
This news is contrary to what the ministry has published.