Qatar Hayya e-Visa: Check Free Entry Before Paying QAR 100 (2026)

You may not need a Hayya e-Visa

Use the live Qatar Tourism checker before creating a paid application.

The current page says:

• citizens of more than 102 countries are eligible for free entry;
• citizens of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE need no visa;
• other travellers may receive a paid visa on arrival or need a Hayya e-Visa, depending on passport and status.

If the result says Enter visa-free and you meet its conditions, do not buy an A1 tourist visa.

What Hayya does now

Hayya began as the 2022 World Cup entry card. That is no longer its only role. The Government Communications Office says Qatar Tourism relaunched the platform and made it the central hub for tourist and event visas.

The government page links directly to hayya.qa. The domain is not .gov.qa, so use that government link or the link from Qatar Tourism when checking the spelling.

Choose the category shown for you

The public portal lists:

• A1 Tourist Visa for tourism and leisure;
• A2 GCC Resident Visa for GCC residents regardless of nationality;
• A3 Visa with ETA for nationals or residents of specified countries;
• A4 for companions of GCC citizens;
• F1 for US-passport holders.

GCC citizen and GCC resident are not the same status. A GCC citizen needs no visa; a non-GCC citizen who lives in a GCC state may be routed to A2.

Fee and accommodation

Qatar Tourism lists QAR 100 for a tourist visa applied for through Hayya. For A1, the route prompt says a hotel reservation is required during the application and payment is requested after approval.

Some arrival routes require a Discover Qatar hotel booking. Follow the accommodation instruction in the live result rather than attaching a booking from another route.

Passport and timing

The public checker states that the passport must remain valid for at least 3 months from arrival or entry.

The pages reviewed here do not publish one approval-time promise that applies to every Hayya category. Apply early, track the application in Hayya and do not treat submission as approval.

→ Prepare the Hayya route