Residency by Investment
Qatar.
No Sponsor Required.
Golden Visas have been issued since September 2020 against residential property in Qatar's designated areas: from $200,000 for a temporary permit, or $1 million for permanent residence. Four to six weeks, and no local sponsor at either tier.
Two Tiers. One Very Real Condition.
The fees on this programme are the smallest we handle — an investor visa fee and a state fee, a few hundred dollars each. The threshold is either $200,000 or $1 million, and the difference between them is not only money: the upper tier asks for Arabic, and it is rationed.
No Sponsor, No Employer
Holders may live and work in Qatar without a local sponsor, and cross the border as often as they like while the permit is valid — which is the structural difference between this and an ordinary work visa.
Ownership in the Designated Areas
The permit carries the right to own residential, commercial and industrial real estate in the areas of Qatar designated for it. The qualifying purchase itself must sit inside those areas.
Business Without a Local Partner
Permit holders can establish companies in Qatar without a Qatari partner, and buy shares in existing ones.
Family Sponsorship, Parents Included
The holder sponsors their own immediate family — spouse, dependent children and parents — for Qatari residence permits of their own.
Visa-Free Within the GCC
A Qatari residence permit allows travel without a visa to the other Gulf Cooperation Council states. That is regional mobility, not global mobility.
Healthcare and Education
Access to Qatar's healthcare services and its schools and universities, in one of the highest-income countries in the world.
Four to Six Weeks
The process runs online through the e-Government portal and the Ministry of Interior. Where the authorities ask for more information it can extend to several months.
Twenty-One and Over
Applicants must be at least 21, hold a valid passport, be in good health and have a clean criminal record, alongside making the qualifying investment.
Permanent Residence Asks for Arabic, and It Is Rationed
The $1 million tier is not simply the $200,000 tier with a bigger cheque. Long-term residence requires the holder to obtain a Qatari ID, cover the state fee, and be fluent in Arabic — and Qatar sets an annual quota for permanent residence, so if it has been filled the application waits a year. Neither of those can be bought. If the aim is simply to hold Gulf residency without a sponsor, the temporary tier at a fifth of the price does that, and it asks for no language at all.
Your Entire Journey, In One Panel
From eligibility to the Qatari ID — and each family member sponsored after it — the Bayat Group panel keeps every document, decision and milestone in one place, guided by Pathinnova AI and reviewed by our legal team.
Two Thresholds. Almost No Fees.
Property in the designated areas, at $200,000 or at $1 million. The state's own charges are a few hundred dollars a head — which makes this the shortest term sheet we publish, and the choice of tier the whole decision.
Non-binding estimate
Select the tier that describes your purchase. Both are residential property inside the designated areas; only the upper one carries a language requirement and a quota.
The entry tier: a residence permit that lets the holder live and work in Qatar without a sponsor, and sponsor their own family. Eligible dependents are a spouse, dependent children and parents. No Arabic requirement at this tier.
The riyal is pegged to the dollar, so the threshold and the fees are the same money and add into one total.
Riyal figures convert at the peg of QAR 3.64 to USD 1, which is why this sheet closes on one total where our euro-denominated programmes close on two. The investor visa fee is published as QAR 200 with an approximate dollar figure of USD 520, and is shown here at that approximation; the source prints it as "QRM 200", which is a typo for the riyal. Property must sit inside the areas designated for foreign ownership. Purchase-related charges, agency fees and registration costs are additional and depend on the transaction. The permanent tier additionally requires a Qatari ID, fluency in Arabic, and an annual quota that may not be open — see the notice above. Applicants must be at least 21. Figures are indicative, non-binding, and confirmed during due diligence.
Six Steps, Mostly Online
Select a step to see what happens — the whole file moves through Qatar's own portal.
Internal Due Diligence and Qualification Assessment
Bayat Group's compliance team conducts an internal due diligence check — a background security screening, preparation of KYC (Know Your Client) documentation and a qualification assessment. Certified anti-money-laundering officers review the file, and the verification is confidential.
Talk It Through. Then Begin.
Our concierge answers your Qatar questions in minutes — and when you are ready, it opens your application right where the conversation ends.
Sending opens your secure Bayat Group account, where an advisor picks the thread up.
Assessed against your own circumstances, in about five minutes.
- It asks about your circumstances, not your paperwork
- It names the trade-offs before you commit to a route
- It ends with the programs you actually qualify for
A scripted example. Your own assessment is private, and takes about five minutes.
Assessment
An adviser that reads your circumstances, then the rulebook.
40+ official programs, each with its own arithmetic. The assessment maps those rules to your situation in a short conversation and tells you where you actually stand.
- It asks about you, not about paperworkWhere your family is going, what your work needs, what you would not give up. Navigating the rules is our business, not your burden.
- Clear, unbiased reasoningWhen options pull in different directions, it calls out the compromise, detailing what each path costs you before you decide.
- A shortlist tailored to youNo generic marketing. Just the programs your profile actually unlocks, with realistic timelines and capital commitments.
Step one of three
Where should we send your code?
One address, one five-digit code. No password to invent, and nothing sent to you that you did not ask for.
Step two of three
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