Doha: The Foreign Ministry has formed a working group of the relevant department heads to develop a plan for advancing the services offered to Qatar citizens travelling outside the country.
The Foreign Minister’s Assistant for Service and Follow-up Affairs Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa said the plan includes a media guidance campaign, pointing in the same context that the ministry has issued circulars to all the diplomatic missions abroad, particularly those travel during the summer, to provide all forms of support and assistance to in case of any problems or difficulties.
The ministry has allocated telephone line to answer the questions of citizens and overcome the difficulties they may face during their travel, said Al Khalifa.
On the services provided by the Qatari diplomatic and consular missions abroad to the Qatari citizens, Al Khalifa said that the most important services are issuing travel documents to Qatari newborns and to those who misplace their passports in countries where there is no Qatari embassies, issuing and attesting authorisations and power of attorney to facilitate their business in Qatar and protecting them and their interests.
Qatari citizens can use ministry’s application on smart phones as well as web site to communicate with the ministry and request assistance if needed.
On carrying cash Al Khalifa said that a citizen is allowed to carry no more of $10,000, and that they should inform the immigration officers at the entry point of the hosting countries about the cash they carry.
Minors (below 18 years) should travel with their parents. In case a minor is traveling alone or escorted by family members, the minor’s guardian should issue exit permit from the Interior Ministry, he added. He stressed that citizens should not under any circumstance pawn their passports or IDs, To pawn an official document abroad to a third party is prohibited and it calls to legal accountability and punishment.
The Ministry has a hotline for assisting citizens abroad, HE said explaining that citizens can communicate with the ministry on the telephone number 40111000 in cases of emergency, to receive appropriate assistance.
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