Vaccine entry rules for Doha Qatar for anyone who has entered recently?
 

Has anyone here entered Doha recently, and submitted their USA CDC vaccine via the pre-arrival Ehteraz website and been approved IF your last dose was more than 9 months ago. Technically, if you really parse the Qatar government website, anyone who is more than 9 months and 2 weeks since their second dose(pfizer/modera) or first done(J&J) is considered unvaccinated. Unless you get a "booster" your vaccine is "no good" more than 9.5 months after final dose. I can't believe Qatar is going to turn away all non boosted people from the USA so I'd appreciate any data points if anyone has any. I'm going there next mont and am more than 9 months past dose 2 so I'm getting very worried.

Hi

Please look at post #13 in this thread which might be helpful:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...vid-entry.html

Just do the booster and save yourself the headache

yeah, thanks, no thanks, i'm not going to get my medical advice from a forum poster, but appreciate you stepping in for the place of a real MD.

I'm not sure medical advice was being offered. The advice focussed on a simple way for you to gain peace of mind at minor inconvenience.

It looks as though you've established the details of the regulations concerning entry, but seek confirmation that these can be side-stepped. I'm sure they can, but just as sure they might not be so easily got around if you run into a more exacting immigration officer.

If you are pre-approved on Etheraz, you will likely get a green QR code on the app right out of the airport.

The one problem though is, the Etheraz app might not allow you to login or send OTP until you are connected to a local WiFi (it's not about just having an internet connection). Past that, and you're fine.

We did a 4 hour layover in Doha recently and so didn’t even use the Ehteraz app. They did not check at all when we arrived at the airport, they just saw our boarding passes and waved us through. This was in business class however.

Etheraz can refer to either:
1. the pre-approval system for entry into Qatar, or
2. the Etheraz app to gain entry into large indoor spaces.

Immigration officers have not asked for (1) Etheraz pre-approval acknowledgement nor check for (2) Etheraz app since a few months ago. Check-in agents at your point of flight departure might ask for (1) though.

You can enter Qatar without the (2) Etheraz app, but you would not be able to gain entry into any hotels*, malls, the metro or the trams. If you are okay with that, then you are generally fine.

* In the event you are unable to activate your (2) Etheraz app and require to check-in and gain access to the hotel WiFi to activate it, hotel staffs are generally very understanding and would offer a grace period.

Since you had only a transit, did you take the PCR test before flying? Did the airline check for a negative test? I assume that you stayed in the airport the entire time. Thanks.

We took PCR tests before flying, yes. It was within the 48 hours before boarding the flight. We were not asked for our tests at the airport as our final destination did not require them, however I did upload the documents to the Etharaz online app beforehand.

We left the airport in Qatar for 4.5 hours and visited Doha.