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Updated January 2024

Qatar residents can travel to more than 95 countries and territories worldwide without a visa. The possibility to travel visa-free opens up opportunities for travellers with a Qatari passport to explore some of the most beautiful destinations in the world.

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Read on as Wego provides a comprehensive list of countries where a visa is not required for Qatar passport holders and destinations they can travel to without undergoing a visa application process.

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Asia

Thailand

Citizens of Qatar usually do not require a visa to enter Thailand. This is because Qatar is included in the countries listed in the Visa Exemption Scheme of Thailand.

The ‘visa exemption scheme’ permits Qatar passport holders to stay for a period of 30 days. Hence, if for any reason the resident is planning to stay for more than 30 days, they will need a Thailand Tourist visa with an extended duration of stay.

Here are some other countries in Asia where you can stay without a visa:

Armenia – up to 180 days
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh – up to 30 days
Brunei
Cambodia
China – up to 30 days
Georgia
Hong Kong – up to 30 days
Indonesia – up to 30 days
Iran
Iraq
Japan – up to 30 days
Jordan – up to 3 months
Kazakhstan – up to 30 days
Kuwait
South Korea – up to 30 days
Kyrgyzstan – up to 60 days
Laos
Lebanon – up to 6 months
Macao
Maldives
Malaysia – up to 90 days
Nepal
Oman
Philippines – up to 30 days
Saudi Arabia – free movement
Singapore – up to 30 days
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor Leste
Turkey – up to 90 days
United Arab Emirates – free movement
Uzbekistan

The Americas

Costa Rica

Qatar passport holders can enter Thailand visa-free and are allowed to stay for a maximum duration of stay is 3 months. After arriving, Qatari citizens can approach the Costa Rica immigration counter and present their travel documents. They are then permitted to enter Costa Rica and stay for the permitted duration in the country.

Other nations in the Americas that allow Qatari citizens to visit visa-free are:

Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina – up to 90 days
Bahamas – up to 3 months
Barbados – up to 90 days
Belize
Brazil – up to 90 days
Colombia – up to 90 days
Dominica – up to 21 days
Dominican Republic – up to 30 days
Ecuador – up to 90 days
El Salvador – up to 90 days
Guatemala – up to 90 days
Grenada
Haiti – up to 3 months
Honduras – up to 90 days
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua – up to 90 days
Panama – up to 180 days
Peru – up to 90 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – up to 30 days
Turks and Caicos Islands
Venezuela – up to 90 days

Oceania

Vanuatu

In Vanuatu, be prepared to find bubbling volcanoes, pristine beaches, coral reefs, remote waterfalls and many exciting adventures. Vanuatu tourist visa is free for Qatari citizens, and the maximum duration of stay is one month.

Other places that citizens of Qatar can visit visa-free are:

Samoa – up to 60 days
Micronesia – up to 30 days
Cook Islands – up to 30 days

Africa

Mauritius

Mauritius is a vacationer’s paradise, fringed by sandy beaches and an azure sea. Qatar passport holders can visit Mauritius visa-free and stay up to 90 days in the country.

Here are the other nations you can visit without the need for a visa:

Angola – up to 30 days
Botswana – up to 90 days
Comoros
Djibouti
Egypt
Eswatini – up to 90 days
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritania
Morocco – up to 90 days
Mozambique
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe – up to 15 days
Senegal
Seychelles
Somalia
South Africa – up to 90 days
Sudan – up to 30 days
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia – up to 3 months
Uganda
Zambia

Europe

Georgia

If you are a citizen and permanently residing in Qatar, you may enter Georgia without a visa for a short-stay visit. You enter Georgia visa-free and will be allowed to stay in the country for up to one year.

Qatari passport holders can travel visa-free to the Schengen Area for 90 days: