This visa is provided for new born babies who are less than 3 months upon their arrival along with his/her mother at the entry border.
Additional Information
- The baby should have a passport or his/her name should be added in the passport of mother or father.
- Original birth certificate of the baby should be submitted and the parents should have a valid residence permit in Qatar.
Fees
This visa is issued free of charge with fine of QR 10 per day of delay, after expiring the specified period which is two months outside the country and three months inside country.
How to get a Qatar Residency Permit for your Newborn Baby
In Qatar every birth has to be registered even if it’s of foreign nationals’. Babies born to expatriate parents are not entitled Qatari citizenship. But a Qatari birth certificate is issued. Expatriate parents are responsible for registering their child’s birth with their respective country’s embassy.
All births in Qatar should be registered at the Women's Hospital, which is next to Hamad General Hospital on Al Rayyan Road. The hospital where the delivery took place will issue 2 letters to obtain birth certificate.
Procedure to get a Visa for a New Born Baby.
1) Go to Hamad Women's hospital outpatient department's 3rd floor to apply for the baby's birth certificate.
2) There is a small form to fill which is available at the spot. Documents needed for the Birth certificate are passport copies of parents, id (RP) copies of parents and attested marriage certificate. Take original documents if possible as most of them were asked for it.
3) Make sure you fill all details properly. The name you give in the application form will be used in the Birth certificate which will be later used in the passport.
4) If the baby is born in Hamad, take the 2 cards given by them (given to you after the baby is born). one is a vaccination card which is yellow / green in color. Im not sure about the other card.
5) If you baby is not born at Hamad, you will need to bring the information from the hospital where he/she was born.
6) If your wife is under husband sponsorship OR if both husband and wife are under same company sponsorship, They will accept the form. Pay QR 20 for each certificate (Its an original one). You can choose either Arabic / English Version. Most people take 2 copies of the certificate.
7) If the husband and wife are working for different sponsors, the application will be accepted and you will be asked to collect the birth certificate from the CID. The CID is located on Abu Samra road.
8) Proceed to your Embassy and apply for a passport.
9) Once you get the passport, proceed to immigration office for the visa. You can go to Gharaffa, Madinat Khalifa or Meseimeer for RP (these are the only 3 i know of).
10) Documents needed are: Mother and Father Passport copies, ID copies (or RP copies), copy of birth certificate, copy of marriage certificate and Photographs (Keep a couple of them). Take the originals of documents along as well as they might ask for it. There is an application form to be filled and is available at the spot as well.
11) Give the documents to the officer. They charged me 400 QR for a 2 year visa.
How to get a residency permit for your newborn
Let's find out the steps that one must know about the Visa for a newborn in Qatar:
Step 1: Acquiring the Birth Certificate
Birth certificates are issued at the Women's Hospital. The process takes a couple of hours at most. The submission procedure takes only a few minutes. A simple form needs to be filled. Apart from the original, extra copies can be requested, for which an additional fee will be charged.
Documents to be submitted -
- Original passports of both parents + copies
- Copies of RP/VISA pages of parents
- Vaccination card** + copy
- Notification of live birth**
- Copy of attested marriage certificate
**obtained from the hospital where the child was born
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