I applied for a visit visa for my brother but was instead given a tourist visa. Is this the same?

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By AHK• 26 Jul 2009 11:23
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AHK

No, visit visa and tourist visa is not same.

Tourist visa has a validity of 14 days and u can extend up to another 14 days. So he can stay here for 28 days only.

Visit visa is valid for one month from the date of arrival. On arrival in Qatar before he completes one month, he has to undergo medical tests. If alls well in the medical test then u can extend his visa for five more months. That is he can stay here for six months from the date of arrival in Qatar and can further be extended to 14 days.

By laurana• 25 Jul 2009 15:38
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laurana

With tourist visa he can stay only 1 month. It can be extended usually up to 10 days on airport custom office.

If he want to stay more you have to apply when he arrived for a family visit visa. He will have to go for medical tests and finger printing. It will take about 5 days to 2 weeks (depend of how you manage to solve with company letter, documents etc). You can find all you need on information counter of Immigration Office (main one, not the airport one)

By basemrefat• 25 Jul 2009 15:29
Rating: 5/5
basemrefat

yes, it is same.

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