The Indian Embassy on Sunday said that the social media posts that claim that visit visas and visas on arrival are now being issued for Indians are false. The embassy in a tweet clarified that Qatar is not issuing the visas in light of the the spread of Covid pandemic. The embassy remains in touch with the Qatar authorities in the matter, the tweet added.

To prevent and control spread of the pandemic, Qatar is NOT issuing new visit/ family/ tourist visas. The social media posts that the visit visas and visa on arrival have reopened in Qatar are FALSE. The Embassy of India remains in touch with the Qatar authorities in the matter.

— India in Qatar (@IndEmbDoha) March 7, 2021