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How Qatar sells residence for investors (golden visa): 2 programmes, 2 of them open today. Every number and rule below links to the document it comes from.

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Residence·Open·since 2018

Permanent Residence Card

Sells the right to live in the country (a “golden visa”), sometimes leading to citizenship later.

Official name: Permanent Residence Card (Law No. 10 of 2018)

Lowest price for one person: not determined

Not an investment programme (residence-based card, max 100 a year); no price exists.

Notes from the research

Not an investment programme: permanent residence after 20 years' legal residence (10 if born in Qatar), with income, good conduct and Arabic, plus listed categories (children and husbands of Qatari women, people with special services or qualifications). At most 100 people a year (Art. 4, per GLMM abstract). Holders are treated like citizens in state health and education and can own property and do some business without a Qatari partner. Included because the property route above grants 'permanent residency benefits' without the card. Law text not downloaded (Al Meezan blocked). No count of cards found.

Prices and rules

Ways in that apply today (minimum amounts)

What is measured

No published numbers found for this programme. That is itself worth knowing: see the notes and the documents below.

Residence·Open·since 2020

Residency for property owners

Sells the right to live in the country (a “golden visa”), sometimes leading to citizenship later.

Official name: Real estate residency for non-Qatari property owners (الإقامة العقارية)

Lowest price for one person: QAR 730,000

Property worth QAR 730,000 in designated areas gives residence while owned; QAR 3,650,000 adds permanent-residency benefits (t-7645b3885d). One source says 'more than' 730,000. Cabinet Decision 28/2020 text not stored.

Notes from the research

Under Law No. 16 of 2018 on non-Qatari ownership and use of real estate and Cabinet Decision No. 28 of 2020 (reported as recently issued in mid-October 2020; launch month is the press report's, because the decision's date and in-force date are not in the stored documents), a non-Qatari buying property worth at least QAR 730,000 in the designated areas gets residence for self and family without a sponsor for as long as the property is owned; from QAR 3,650,000 the owner also gets permanent-residency benefits (health, education, some business activities). Minimum stay of 90 days a year for certain categories (US State Department). Not a route to the permanent residence card or citizenship. Law texts not downloaded (Al Meezan blocked). No official count of permits found.

Prices and rules

Ways in that apply today (minimum amounts)
Fees today

What is measured

No published numbers found for this programme. That is itself worth knowing: see the notes and the documents below.

Timeline

What happened, and when

Sources

The 10 documents behind this page

The stories behind the numbers

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