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Real Estate Owner Residence

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What investment option or options qualify?

Ownership of, or a usufruct right over, real estate (vacant land, buildings, structures, residential units and separated units in residential complexes) in the areas specified in Tables (1) and (2) attached to the Resolution. Non-Qataris may also own a separated unit in a residential complex, and separated units (offices and shops) in commercial complexes and malls outside those areas, provided no modification is made to the nature, form or external appearance of the unit and the other conditions of the Resolution and Law No. (4) of 1985 are met.

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  • https://www.almeezan.qa/LawArticles.aspx?LawTreeSectionID=19423&lawId=8453&language=ar
    العقارات: الأراضي الفضاء، والمباني والمنشآت والوحدات السكنية، والوحدات المفرزة في المجمعات السكنية.
  • https://www.almeezan.qa/LawArticles.aspx?LawTreeSectionID=19423&lawId=8453&language=ar
    يكون تملك غير القطريين للعقارات والانتفاع بها في المناطق المحددة بالجدولين رقمي (1)، (2) المرفقين بهذا القرار، والمبينة حدودها بالخرائط التنظيمية والمساحية المرفقة بهما.
  • https://www.almeezan.qa/LawArticles.aspx?LawTreeSectionID=19423&lawId=8453&language=ar
    ويجوز لغير القطريين تملك وحدة مفرزة في أحد المجمعات السكنية، كما يجوز لهم تملك الوحدات المفرزة (المكاتب والمحلات التجارية) في المجمعات التجارية، المولات، وذلك في غير المناطق المنصوص عليها بالفقرة السابقة، بشرط عدم إحداث أي تعديل أو تغيير في طبيعة الوحدة أو شكلها أو مظهرها الخارجي، ومع مراعاة توافر الشروط الأخرى الواردة في هذا القرار و القانون رقم (4) لسنة 1985 المشار إليه.

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

The value of the property or of the usufruct right over it must not be less than QAR 730,000. If that value is QAR 3,650,000 or more, the owner or usufructuary additionally receives the privileges granted to Permanent Residency Card holders in healthcare, education and investment.

See recorded sources
  • Cabinet Resolution No. 28 of 2020, Article 7(2)
    ألا تقل قيمة العقار أو حق الانتفاع به عن (730,000) سبعمائة وثلاثين ألف ريال.. فإذا كانت قيمة العقار أو حق الانتفاع به (3,650,000) ثلاثة ملايين وستمائة وخمسين ألف ريال فأكثر، يحصل مالك العقار أو المنتفع به على الامتيازات المقررة لحاملي بطاقة الإقامة الدائمة في الرعاية الصحية والتعليم والاستثمار.
  • Cabinet Resolution No. 28 of 2020, Article 6
    تُقدم طلبات تملك العقارات أو الانتفاع بها أو التصرفات الواردة عليها إلى إدارة التسجيل العقاري بوزارة العدل، على النموذج المعد لذلك.

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

The holder must stay in Qatar for not less than ninety days a year, continuous or intermittent. If the property is vacant land, the owner must complete construction on it within four years of its registration in their name, otherwise the Committee may dispose of it with compensation equal to its price at the time of sale; vacant land may not be disposed of until construction is complete. Property prices are determined according to the market value approved by the Real Estate Registration Department at the Ministry of Justice. The official source does not state a minimum period for which the property must be held.

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Limits of the record
  • The Resolution does not state a minimum period for which the property must be held to keep the residence.

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

Under Article 12 of Law No. 21 of 2015, applied by Cabinet Resolution No. 28 of 2020 (Article 7), the competent authority may grant residence permits to the licence holder's spouse, to his sons who have not completed their university education and are twenty-five years old or younger, and to his unmarried daughters; the Minister (or a delegate) may waive that age limit and, if justified, may also approve a residence permit for the holder's parents. The official source does not state separate work or employment rights for those family members.

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Limits of the record
  • The cited provisions (Cabinet Resolution No. 28 of 2020, Article 7; Law No. 21 of 2015, Article 12) establish family residence-permit eligibility; neither source states separate work or employment rights for those family members.
  • Cabinet Resolution No. 28 of 2020, Article 7 (chapeau)
    يكون منح الترخيص بالإقامة لمالكي العقارات والمنتفعين بها طبقاً لأحكام القانون رقم (21) لسنة 2015 المشار إليه، ووفقاً لما يلي:
  • Law No. 21 of 2015, Article 12, paragraph 1
    يجوز للجهة المختصة منح تراخيص الإقامة لزوج المرخص له بالإقامة وأولاده من الذكور الذين لم يكملوا دراستهم الجامعية حتى سن الخامسة والعشرين، وبناته غير المتزوجات.
  • Law No. 21 of 2015, Article 12, paragraph 2
    وللوزير أو من ينيبه الاستثناء من هذه السن، كما يجوز بموافقة الوزير أو من ينيبه منح ترخيص إقامة لوالدي المرخص له، إذا رأى مبرراً لذلك.

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?

The status is a residence visa for real estate owners, issued through the General Directorate of Borders Passports and Expatriates Affairs at the MoI. A non-Qatari's usufruct of real estate is for a period not exceeding 99 years, renewable; owners may dispose of and lease their property, and usufructuaries may dispose of or lease the usufruct right. The official source does not state the residence permit's duration or renewal procedure, or a permanent-residence or citizenship direction.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured sources do not state the residence permit's duration or renewal procedure.
  • The captured sources do not state a permanent-residence or citizenship direction for this route.

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

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