kabayan, no he can not have a visa-on-arrival when he reaches doha.. but i think he can enter qatar or any other GCC country, maximum of 10hrs stay.. like what we are doing in dubai before.. pumupunta kami ng oman from dubai (by land)before, kaya lang 10hrs lang, kailngan mo na lumabas..this visa-on-arrival is only for those having passport of those exempted countries (34 countries yun).. unfortunately pinas is not included in that list/.. if your friends passport is pinas.. he cant enjoy this visa-on-arrival stuff...