payment for tourist visa
Dear friends
Im planning to visit my relative in doha. However, i was informed that the payment of the visa must be made through credit card at the airport which i dont have. Does it mean that i cannot enter qatar just because i dont have a credit card? Is there any other method of payment? Can i use somebody else credit card who will go together with me?
You can buy e-cash card for the amount of the visa fee and use that card to pay for the visa. Not sure if they take USD, but have some QAR currency handy. The e-cash counter is on the right when you enter the arrival hall. You will need to fill up a form and pay the guy at the counter there and he
will give you an e-cash card.
The e-cash card will cost you about QAR 50 (if I am not mistaken). So, to buy a tourist visa, you will end up paying QAR 100 (tourist visa fee) and QAR 50 (for the e-cash card). You can top-up this e-cash card the next time you enter Doha.
You can ask your reletive here in Doha to arrange for the Maha service. This is a meet and greet service and the help you trhough the process of arriving, with the visa etc. They will also pay for the visa on arrival. You pay them. I do not know if you can arrange this thru your travel agency, but your relative here can arrange it. It all needs to be prepaid.
Aisha-Taweela