[Excerpt: In a paid advertisement in a pan-Arab magazine published in London, Qatari authorities announced expatriates living in the Gulf can go to _www.e.gov.qa_ (http://www.e.gov.qa/) to secure their visas online.....After completing the form, applicants will receive an immediate response notifying them if their application was successful.....Upon approval, the applicant will be directed to a payment page, where the required fee can be paid using a credit card. "Once the payment is processed, the website will load a page containing the details of the approved visa," a source from Qatar's e-government agency said.....Visitors will be allowed to enter Qatar by submitting a print-out of the page, which includes the relevant details of their visas.] _http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/NationNF.asp?ArticleID=148395_ (http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/NationNF.asp?ArticleID=148395)
Qatar and Oman relax visa rules By Duraid Al Baik, UAE Editor and Saifur Rahman, Staff Reporter Dubai: Qatar announced yesterday it will relax its visa requirements for visitors from the Gulf. The move is intended to increase the number of tourists from neighbouring countries and encourage tour operators to include Qatar in their travel packages. Expatriates living in the Gulf can apply for their visas over the internet. Nationals of GCC countries can already enter Qatar without visas. In a paid advertisement in a pan-Arab magazine published in London, Qatari authorities announced expatriates living in the Gulf can go to _www.e.gov.qa_ (http://www.e.gov.qa) to secure their visas online. After completing the form, applicants will receive an immediate response notifying them if their application was successful. Upon approval, the applicant will be directed to a payment page, where the required fee can be paid using a credit card. "Once the payment is processed, the website will load a page containing the details of the approved visa," a source from Qatar's e-government agency said. Visitors will be allowed to enter Qatar by submitting a print-out of the page, which includes the relevant details of their visas. The online visa will allow visitors to stay 15 days. They can extend their stay by a maximum of 14 days. The visa costs 105 Qatari riyals (Dh107). Citizens of 33 countries can obtain joint-tourist visas entitling them to visit Oman and Qatar. Oman has taken a similar step to lure more visitors from the UAE. The move came to support the upcoming Muscat Festival, set to begin on Friday, officials said. "We will issue visas [for visitors] at border crossings and airports," said Gazi Ahmad Qatan, Oman's tourism promotion officer in Dubai. The Muscat Festival, which ends on February 18, is expected to attract two million visitors, officials said. Nationals from 63 countries are encouraged to apply for two types of visas - a single-entry visa and a multiple-entry visa. enditem [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
