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Investor Residence Visa

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What investment option or options qualify?

Investment of non-Qatari capital in an economic activity under the laws regulating foreign capital investment; a letter from the relevant state entity must specify the investment activity.

See recorded sources
  • https://portal.moi.gov.qa/wps/wcm/connect/26313cfd-e708-45e2-8e7c-8a2e3514dbdd/law_no_21.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
    سمة إقامة لمستثمر‪:‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُتمنــح للمســتثمر الخاضــع ألحــكام القوانيــن المنظمــة الســتثمار رأس المــال‬ ‫ً‬ ‫غيــر القطــري فــي النشــاط االقتصــادي‪ ،‬وفقــًا للضوابــط التاليــة‪:‬‬ ‫‪1.‬تعبئة النموذج المخصص لذلك من قبل الجهة المعنية بالدولة‪.‬‬ ‫‪2.‬تقديــم كتــاب مــن الجهــة المعنيــة بالدولــة بتحديــد النشــاط محــل‬ ‫االســتثمار

What official minimum amount, tier or threshold applies to each relevant option?

For an investor in a startup, small or medium-sized company, the regulation refers to an investment value of two hundred thousand Qatari riyals (residence licence for three years). The official source does not state a general minimum for other investors or the government fees.

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Limits of the record
  • Applies to investors in startups/SMEs; no general minimum for other investors found
  • Government fees not stated

How long must the investment be maintained and what continuing ownership, investment or physical-presence conditions are important?

The residence licence is cancelled if the investment project is liquidated or its ownership passes to another owner (on written notice from the relevant state entity); a residence permit is also cancelled if the holder stays outside Qatar continuously for more than a year without return permission. The official source does not state a minimum holding period.

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Limits of the record
  • No minimum holding period stated
  • https://portal.moi.gov.qa/wps/wcm/connect/26313cfd-e708-45e2-8e7c-8a2e3514dbdd/law_no_21.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
    مــع عــدم اإلخالل بحكــم المــادة (‪ )37‬مــن القانــون‪ُ ،‬تلغــى تراخيــص إقامــة‬ ‫الفئـات المذكـورة فـي المادتيـن (‪ )33 ،30‬مـن القانـون فـي حالـة تصفية المشـروع‬ ‫االســتثماري أو انتقــال ملكيتــه لمالــك آخــر أو انتقــال ملكيــة أو منفعــة العقــار‬ ‫أو الوحــدة الســكنية لشــخص آخــر‪ ،‬وذلــك بنــاء علــى إخطــار كتابــي مــن الجهــة‬ ‫المعنيــة بالدولــة
  • https://portal.moi.gov.qa/wps/wcm/connect/26313cfd-e708-45e2-8e7c-8a2e3514dbdd/law_no_21.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
    بقــاء الوافــد خــارج الدولــة بصفــة مســتمرة لمــدة تزيــد علــى ســنة دون‬ ‫ً‬ ‫الحصــول علــى إذن بالعــودة طبقــا لحكــم المــادة (‪ )14‬مــن القانــون

Which family members can be included where officially stated, and what broad residence/work rights result?

The spouse, children and parents of an investor can receive a dedicated residence visa; with the competent authority's approval, these categories may bring spouses, children and parents without a work requirement and receive residence licences for the same periods. The official source does not state the family members' work rights.

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Limits of the record
  • Family members' work rights not stated
  • https://portal.moi.gov.qa/wps/wcm/connect/26313cfd-e708-45e2-8e7c-8a2e3514dbdd/law_no_21.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
    س ـمة إقام ـة ل ـزوج وأبن ـاء ووال ـدي مس ـتثمر أو مال ـك عق ـار أو منتف ـع بوح ـدة‬ ‫ســكنية أو رائــد أعمــال أو شــريك أو موهــوب أو قائــم علــى مشــروع مؤقــت أو‬ ‫باح ـث فــي مج ـاالت تطويــر البحــث العلمــي
  • https://portal.moi.gov.qa/wps/wcm/connect/26313cfd-e708-45e2-8e7c-8a2e3514dbdd/law_no_21.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
    يجـوز للفئـات المنصـوص عليهـا فـي المـادة (‪ )30‬مـن القانـون‪ ،‬وبعـد موافقـة‬ ‫الجهــة المختصــة اســتقدام أزواجهــم وأبنائهــم ووالديهــم دون اشــتراط العمــل‪،‬‬ ‫ومنحهــم تراخيــص اإلقامــة بــذات المــدد المحــددة فــي المــادة (‪ )73‬مــن هــذه‬ ‫الالئحــة

What status is obtained, how is it renewed, what longer-term residence/citizenship direction is officially stated, and what happens to the investment when relevant?

Investors receive residence without an employer sponsor: entry visas and residence licences for investors are issued with the Minister's approval without a recruiter, for not less than one year and not more than five years, renewable for similar periods at the applicant's request. The official source does not state a permanent-residence or citizenship direction or what happens to the investment on exit.

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Limits of the record
  • No citizenship or permanent-residence direction stated
  • Treatment of the investment on exit not stated

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

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