The hotel booking option for the entire period of stay for visitors seeking Visa on Arrival in Qatar is back on the Discover Qatar website, with bookings available from April 14.
Discover Qatar had added the Visa on Arrival hotel booking option for Indian, Pakistani and Iranian nationals about a week ago, but later removed it.
On Wednesday, it was found that the Visa on Arrival hotel booking option was back on the Discover Qatar website.
The website provides a link to the relevant Ministry of Interior (MoI) website (https://portal.moi.gov.qa/qatarvisas/) and says: "The hotels available from this page are exclusively available for those who are required by the Ministry of Interior for the State of Qatar, to purchase a hotel booking in order to satisfy their visa request."
"For more information on the Visa requirement please visit the Ministry of Interior website," it says, urging people to read the terms and conditions before completing their booking.


For those requiring travel agent assistance to make their hotel booking, the following travel agencies are accredited to sell Discover Qatar hotels: 
Cutting Edge, India: +91 99 3036 0346
PCG, Iran: +98 21 8850 8050
Travel With Flair, Pakistan: +92 51 2601658 and +92 51 2601659


The hotel booking requirement has always been there for some of the nationalities but now it has been made mandatory through Discover Qatar for those who require it.
The MoI website allows people of different nationalities to check the requirements for Visa on Arrival or other types of visas. The requirements differ based on nationality and country of residence.
On Wednesday, some residents said on social networking platforms that the requirement of hotel booking is back for visitors seeking Visa on Arrival, with the Ehteraz pre-arrival registration website asking for hotel booking for the entire stay in Qatar via the Discover Qatar website.
On calling the Discover Qatar customer service number, residents got different replies. While some were told to contact the MoI, others were informed that hotel booking is needed from April 14 for the three nationalities mentioned above, and the Ehteraz pre-arrival registration website was also asking for it.
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