Whyteknight: It is not a matter of SHOULD. Everyone and every country SHOULD be treated equally. My point is about the realities of the situation and how Qatar is essentially shooting itself in the foot with the notion that it can be in some sort of reciprocal relationship with countries that are much larger and more important in terms of global political and economic weight. The only people that lose out with this move is Qatar as a whole and the people from these 33 countries who are probably fond of Qatar and have no influence on their home countries' policies. For the sake of reciprocity and a bit of Qatari ego an awful lot of people will suffer (and certainly not the officials in any of the countries making the decisions, who get waved straight through immigration).

Bleu: lol! Unfortunately, in this size does matter. Long-term visas are probably uniform across virtually every country--e.g. tons of paperwork and dependent on professional and family need (nothing to do with reciprocity).

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