About Qatar Tourist Visa....

[tonylovesam 8]

Hello. Does anybody know the requirements for a Filipino to get a Qatar tourist visa if the host will be the one to finance the trip? Do I need affidavit of support and the host's bank statement?

I am planning to visit my fiance currently deployed in Qatar. I will just be there for about a week if ever I will be granted a Qatar tourist visa. He will be the one to sponsor the trip. Do you have any ideas of the requirements? Is it easy to get or approve? Thanks.

[Nina~ 431]

It is almost impossible for a unmarried filipino female to get a Qatari (or any GCC) visa if they are sponsored by someone who is not their immediate relative like husband, brother or father. I believe they are a bit more lax on westerners, but these things are subject to change with no rhyme or reason. My information is a bit outdated since it has been about a decade since I last visited Qatar. I tried looking up the Ministry of Interior's website but they did't have a lot of information there. Ask your fiancee to call the MOI and get information from there directly.

[zahrasalem 114]

I agree with the previous poster, but your fiance can go to the tourist visa office (near the back of the airport across the street, sorry I forgot exactly the name of it) and find out what the requirements are for citizens of a particular country. I had to go to that tourist visa office to extend my tourist visa for an extra 30 days while I was there.

My husband is Egyptian but was working in Qatar when we met and I went to Qatar a couple of times, we got married at the Egyptian Embassy in Qatar. But since I'm a US citizen, I did not need a visa to enter Qatar and there was no fee when I went thru customs.

I hope you can get a visa and visit your fiance

~Zahra