No apostille
QatarDoes not use apostilles
Process
What applies instead
Documents issued abroad are attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the host country and then by the Qatari mission there, and since December 2024 an online service on the Qatari ministry's website sends them to the mission for this attestation to be completed.2
Note: Information only
This page describes the process. The authorities listed below set the requirements and decide what they accept.
Contacts
Who to contact
Status
How to check whether Qatar has joined
Countries join the Apostille Convention from time to time. The Hague Conference keeps the list of members in its status table. We last checked it on , when Qatar was not on it.1
Other direction
If your document comes from a member country
An apostille from a contracting party does not by itself make a document usable in Qatar. Ask the authority in Qatar that will receive the document which steps it requires. An apostille only confirms the signature, the role of the person who signed and any seal or stamp on the document. It does not confirm what the document says. The office that receives the document decides what it accepts.
Sources and verification
Sources
- HCCH Status table: Convention of 5 October 1961 (Apostille Convention)
- Complete Attestation Outside Qatar
- Status
- Last verified: (18 October 2026)
- How it was checked
- Checked by our team against the sources above
- Next review
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