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Visa for a Person Accompanying a GCC Citizen

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

A person accompanying a GCC citizen needs a visa: a single-entry on-arrival visa for those accompanying GCC citizens (QR100, 30 days, extendable); the Hayya platform also lists an entry visa for those accompanying citizens of GCC countries.

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  • Whether some companion nationalities could instead use visa-free or other entry is not stated.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The visa covers servants or the like entering with the accompanying citizen sponsor or with any first-degree relative of the sponsor.

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  • Other purposes during the stay are not described.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The visa is single-trip, valid for 30 days and extendable. The GCC citizen is not allowed to leave the country while the companion is inside the country.

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  • The length of any extension is not stated.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The required evidence is a passport valid for at least three months, a valid residence permit of not less than 6 months, a confirmed round-trip ticket and health insurance from an accredited insurance company.

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Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

MOI lists a single-entry on-arrival visa for those accompanying GCC citizens (QR100, 30 days, extendable). The Hayya e-platform (hayya.qa or the Hayya mobile app) also lists an entry visa for those accompanying citizens of the GCC countries among its entry permits.

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  • Extension conditions and procedure are not described.
  • How the on-arrival visa and the Hayya companion permit relate (alternative or replacement) is not stated; the Hayya page itself was not read.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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