Hope all are fine .... I would like to ask something what is the procedure to get Qatari Nationality ...... Because i heard that if some one is living since 25 Yrs they will give Qatari National ....
As a foreigner, you won’t be granted rights of citizenship in Qatar.
Qatar’s government is keen to protect the status quo and doesn’t want to compromise its cultural values or standard of living by allowing foreigners to become a permanent part of society. Your only route to becoming a naturalised citizen is by marriage to a national; even this, however, doesn’t guarantee citizenship, particularly for non-Muslims.
In exceptional circumstances only, Qatar’s ruler might grant citizenship to a foreigner who has provided outstanding service to the state over a number of years. A generous employer might reward a loyal worker who has made a major contribution to the company over many years by providing him with a work and residence permit of indefinite duration. After your retirement, however, the employer would have to be a figure of considerable influence to maintain this gift and satisfy the labour authorities. In this case, you wouldn’t be a citizen, but merely be allowed to remain in the country indefinitely.
Children of foreigners born in Qatar don’t have rights of local citizenship and automatically assume the nationality of the parents. If one of the parents is a national of Qatar, the child will usually be granted local nationality and may later become a national of Qatar and obtain a local passport.
It’s recommended that you fully acquaint yourself with the implications of giving birth in Qatar.
In many cases, the child isn’t affected, but any children that he has might not enjoy the same rights of nationality, citizenship, abode, etc. as his parents and grandparents.
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shame the UK didn't have the same law!!
The child IS affected if it is a UK national.
If that child then gives birth outside the UK, the child of the individual born abroad is NOT guaranteed UK nationality.
Citizenship
Is it possible to become a national of Qatar?
As a foreigner, you won’t be granted rights of citizenship in Qatar.
Qatar’s government is keen to protect the status quo and doesn’t want to compromise its cultural values or standard of living by allowing foreigners to become a permanent part of society. Your only route to becoming a naturalised citizen is by marriage to a national; even this, however, doesn’t guarantee citizenship, particularly for non-Muslims.
In exceptional circumstances only, Qatar’s ruler might grant citizenship to a foreigner who has provided outstanding service to the state over a number of years. A generous employer might reward a loyal worker who has made a major contribution to the company over many years by providing him with a work and residence permit of indefinite duration. After your retirement, however, the employer would have to be a figure of considerable influence to maintain this gift and satisfy the labour authorities. In this case, you wouldn’t be a citizen, but merely be allowed to remain in the country indefinitely.
Children of foreigners born in Qatar don’t have rights of local citizenship and automatically assume the nationality of the parents. If one of the parents is a national of Qatar, the child will usually be granted local nationality and may later become a national of Qatar and obtain a local passport.
It’s recommended that you fully acquaint yourself with the implications of giving birth in Qatar.
In many cases, the child isn’t affected, but any children that he has might not enjoy the same rights of nationality, citizenship, abode, etc. as his parents and grandparents.
This article is an extract from Living and Working in Gulf States & Saudi Arabia. Click here to get a copy now.
Maryum : Umm Hasan bint Abdullah Alshabrawishi
not true...my parents been here for 30 years and they are still who they are...hmmm, i could have been a citizen too in that case....
If you play football or some other sport to international level - you may be asked to adopt Qatari citizenship.
That way you can take the passport but it can be taken away again.
I think it's not possible now to become qatari citizen no matter how long you are here, even if you grandfather was born here too.
The only way is to born as qatari, I believe, or maybe for ladies to married with qataris, but I am not sure about this.
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