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The Government of Qatar has launched a Visa On-line service allowing
nationals of 33 countries to apply and receive visas on-line.
Nationals of the following countries are eligible for the service: USA,
UK, France, Italy, Germany, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Japan,
Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Portugal, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Finland, Spain, Monaco, Iceland,
Vatican City, Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, South
Korean and Hong Kong.
The move is part of the Qatar Government's e-Government initiative
launched to achieve the highest performance in executing governmental transactions electronically, through streamlined business processes and
integrated information technology solutions.
Overview of Pilot
Project
The e-Government pilot project was aimed at building a foundation for a
flexible, scalable and robust e-service platform for the Government of Qatar.
This service includes the Resident Permit Renewal (RPR), provided
by the Department of Immigration and Passport of the Ministry of Interior.
The new electronic RPR channel enables the Qatar Government to provide
some selected corporate and national organisations the facility to renew
staff resident permits electronically through an Extranet.
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three main parties to the project are: the Ministry of Interior as the service provider;
the Qatar National Bank which is the payment gateway for the service and
the Qatar Central Bank, which is the current host of the e-Government System. |
