Earlier Qatar has suspended inbound flights with examption of the Qataris return to their motherland as one of the percautionary steps to forbid the spread of coronavirus, due to this many expatriates and residents did not return to Qatar.
One of the common Question is that the people whose Qatar ID expired and currently they are outside of the country due to COVID-19 restrictions, will they be allowed to return back to Qatar with an expiry Qatar ID?
Ministry of Administrative Development Labor and Social Affairs announced earlier that “The Expatriates who are not allowed to come to Qatar due to COVID-19, after the ban is lifted they are permitted to enter into Qatar even if their QIDs have expired or stayed more than six months stay outside Qatar.”
As per the latest information from Discover Qatar, the destination management divison of Qatar Airways and National tourism Council partners:
“If your Qatar ID has expired while you were outside of Qatar you will be allowed to return back to Qatar and renew your Qatar ID only after Completing 14 day quarantine period successfully.”
According to the Lift of COVID19 Restrictions in 4 Phases plan in Qatar, 1st August 2020 onwards Third phase of plan will be executed considering low-risk countries and start the inbound flights for residents to return back to Qatar.