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Entrepreneur Residency
Qatar · Middle East
Program facts from the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database. Unknown facts are shown as Unknown, never as zero.
- Publication state
- Mobility Asset Database
- Lifecycle status
- Unknown
- Facts checked through
- Sep 21, 2026
- Source snapshots
- Database edition
Identity and current status
The route identity and current status.
- Year establishedPublished
- 2025
- Responsible authorityPublished
- Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), which enables the qualifying startup structure; residency itself is issued by Qatar's Ministry of Interior as with other Qatar residence permits
What the program provides
What the program gives the holder.
- What the program providesPublished
- Invest QAR 250,000 in a QFC-enabled startup with an incubator-endorsed business plan for Qatar's lowest-threshold entrepreneur residence permit
Best suited for
Who the program tends to suit. Research only, never a personal recommendation.
No governed customer claim is present for this section.
Eligibility
Personal qualifications an applicant must establish.
- Minimum ageUnknown
- Unknown
- Clean criminal record requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Local health insurance requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Nationality restrictionsUnknown
- Unknown
- Basic eligibilityPublished
- Invest at least QAR 250,000 in a Qatar Financial Centre-enabled startup or innovative business, with a business plan endorsed by an authorized incubator, in sectors aligned with Qatar's economic diversification (technology, finance, emerging sectors)
- Generational limitPublished
- Not applicable
Household inclusion
How spouses and children are treated.
- Family sponsorshipUnknown
- Unknown
- Spouse includedUnknown
- Unknown
- Children includedUnknown
- Unknown
- Child age limitUnknown
- Unknown
- ChildrenPublished
- Not addressed in the source found
Documents
Evidence categories and filing documents.
No governed customer claim is present for this section.
Process and timeline
How you apply and how long it takes.
- Processing timeUnknown
- Unknown
- Can apply without travelingUnknown
- Unknown
Costs and investment
Fees, income and savings thresholds, and investment amounts.
- Minimum investmentPublished
- $68,671
- Minimum passive investment (July 2026)Published
- None required
- Minimum active investment (July 2026)Published
- $68,671
- Processing feeUnknown
- Unknown
- Application feePublished
- $1,374
- Total cost to applyPublished
- $1,374
- Monthly income requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Monthly pension income requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Monthly rental income requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Savings requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Proof of sufficient fundsUnknown
- Unknown
- Local bank deposit requiredPublished
- No
- Minimum local bank depositPublished
- None required
- Cost notesPublished
- Application fee QAR 5,000 (~USD 1,374); minimum investment QAR 250,000 (~USD 68,671, source's own conversion)
Presence and maintenance
Stay, renewal, and how long the status lasts.
- Stay required to keep statusPublished
- None
- Physical presence requiredPublished
- No
- In-country visit requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Move-in windowUnknown
- Unknown
- Length of residencyUnknown
- Unknown
- Residency is lifetimePublished
- No
- RenewableUnknown
- Unknown
- Maximum durationUnknown
- Unknown
- Maximum duration is lifetimePublished
- No
- Stay rule (Sept 2026)Published
- The only source found states no mandatory annual presence for this entrepreneur category (unlike Qatar's separate real-estate residency route, which requires 90 days/year); no count is published either way
Rights and onward pathways
Work, healthcare and other rights, and the path to permanent residence and citizenship.
- Time to permanent residencyUnknown
- Unknown
- Time to citizenshipUnknown
- Unknown
- Work for a local employerUnknown
- Unknown
- Start a businessPublished
- Yes
- Remote or freelance workUnknown
- Unknown
- Local healthcare accessUnknown
- Unknown
- University accessUnknown
- Unknown
- Can buy landUnknown
- Unknown
- Local bankingUnknown
- Unknown
- Permanent residence timeline basisPublished
- Not applicable
- Citizenship timeline basisPublished
- Not applicable
Risks, limitations, and uncertainty
Notes on changes, conflicts, and limits.
- Plan B note (Sept 2026)Published
- Single-source program (see summary): the list claim of a 180-day stay was tested against the one source found and is not supported by it -- that source explicitly distinguishes this category from Qatar's real-estate route, which does carry a stated 90-day requirement, and says the entrepreneur category has none.
Sources, freshness, and conflict disclosure
Where the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database took these facts from.
- Official program websitePublished
- https://www.qfc.qa/en
- Plan B sources (Sept 2026)Published
- https://citizenx.com/insights/qatar-golden-visa
Every fact on this page comes from the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database (Sep 21, 2026 edition). A blank is shown as Unknown.
This anonymous dossier is read-only research. It does not establish personal fit, eligibility, legal or tax advice, filing, approval, residence, citizenship, or a held Right.