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Qatar to resume tourist, family visas starting July 12

Both vaccinated and non-vaccinated visitors will be required to present a negative PCR test and certain travelers must quarantine upon arrival.

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Pfizer COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine shipments arrive on a flight from Brussels at Qatar's Hamad International Airport on Dec. 21, 2020. — AFP via Getty Images)

Qatar will issue family and tourist visas starting July 12, the Interior Ministry announced Thursday on Twitter.

Under the Ministry of Public Health’s revised guidelines, vaccinated and non-vaccinated travelers wishing to enter Qatar must provide a negative PCR test conducted no more than 72 hours prior to their arrival. 

Citizens and residents returning to Qatar who have received one of several Qatari-approved vaccines will not be required to undergo the mandatory quarantine, as long as their vaccine was administered more than 14 days prior to travel. Travelers who have recovered from the coronavirus in Qatar within the past 12 months are also exempted from the quarantine. 

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