UPDATE: April 14, 2022
Discover Qatar website has now listed three travel agencies from India, Pakistan, and Iran, who are authorized to book Discover Qatar hotels for visitors, in case they need assistance in hotel booking for Visa on Arrival.
They also mentioned that “the hotels available from this page are exclusively available for those who are required by the Ministry of Interior for the State of Qatar, to purchase a hotel booking in order to satisfy their visa request.”
The accredited travel agents are Cutting Edge from India, PCG from Iran, and Travel With Flair from Pakistan.
People can check the visa requirements at https://www.visitqatar.qa/intl-en/plan-your-trip/visas
Doha: Discover Qatar has added the Visa on Arrival hotel option on their website, opening bookings from tomorrow. The site provides a link to the Ministry of Interior saying “For more information on the Visa on Arrival requirement please visit the Ministry of Interior website.”
The MoI link, provided on the Discover Qatar website, lists the visa requirements for different nationalities and the type of visas available for each. Depending on nationality and country of residence the requirements differ.
Discover Qatar had earlier added a separate booking option for visa on arrival for Indian, Pakistani and Iranian nationals, which was later suspended and the link was removed from their website.
When The Peninsula called the helpline and asked if it is mandatory to book through this website, the customer service said that if the Ehteraz is asking for it then the person will have to book through their website.
Travel agents said that some people who tried to register through ehteraz received messages asking them to book through the website.
