I have a American Passport and my Wife has a Jordanian Passport, do we need to apply for a Qatar Visa?

aburasek
By aburasek

I have an American Passport and my Wife has a Jordanian Passport, do we need to apply for a Qatar Visa to Work and Live there?

What do I need to do to live in Qatar?

By hurricanekal• 19 Aug 2008 08:22
Rating: 4/5
hurricanekal

As you were informed prior to my message, attaining a visa is easier for anyone from outside the middle east countries such as the states, canada, australia, europe, etc. However, for people from Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan, India and Palestine attaining a visa for them will be quite difficult. I am not sure if the process is more lenient towards women than men but you will have to check with the ministry of interior on:

http://www.moi.gov.qa/site/Arabic/index.html

good luck

By koko37• 19 Aug 2008 08:03
koko37

If it's just a visit, for you it's not a problem as you can obtain one from the airport on arrival. But the question is your wife. There is some sort of discrimination at the moment against Jordanians here, but I'm not too sure if it's still as bad as it was before... so check it out before you even buy your tickets for a visit.

By Fatcat• 19 Aug 2008 07:58
Rating: 5/5
Fatcat

Regardless of your passport, in order to live in Qatar you need someone to sponsor you.

It's different to visiting. As an American, you don't need a visa to come in if you are just visiting, as you can get a visa on arrival. But you can't live here under that visa.

Your wife would need to get a visa prior to coming to Qatar, as Jordan is not part of the countries whose citizens can obtain a visa on arrival.

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