Non-Qatari ownership and use of real estate: instruction manual

Qatar Tourism instruction manual on Cabinet Decision 28 of 2020 (non-Qatari ownership and use of real estate under Law 16 of 2018): freehold vs usufruct (up to 99 years, extendable), 25 areas (9 freehold, 16 usufruct; also called twenty-six in the text) with zone tables and maps, ownership outside the areas (shops in commercial complexes, one unit per residential complex), inheritance (one housing property up to 3,000 m2), residency conditions (above QAR 730,000 real-estate residency; above QAR 3,650,000 with permanent-residency benefits; below 730,000 no residency), how to apply (Ministry of Justice e-service, offices at The Pearl and Lusail), FAQ (aggregation of several properties, build on vacant land within 4 years, registration fee 0.25%). Zone numbers and area counts are not programme statistics and are not recorded as numbers.