How we check the information on this site
Every rule, fee and deadline on this site comes from an official Qatar source: a law on Al Meezan, a ministry or authority page, or the Single Window. Each page names its sources and the date they were checked. Where official sources disagree, we say so instead of choosing one. Each page is read against its sources before it goes live.
Where our facts come from
Laws and decisions
Read on Al Meezan, the official legal portal, with the article number.
Ministries and authorities
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of Interior, the General Tax Authority and others, on their own sites.
The Single Window
For the steps, documents and fees of company services.
Zones and centres
The Qatar Financial Centre, the Qatar Free Zones Authority and QSTP, for their own rules.
We do not use other consultancies’ websites, forums or news reports as a source for a rule. A news report can tell us where to look; the fact goes on the page only once we have read it at the official source.
How each fact is checked
- Find the source
The law article or the official page that states the rule.
- Read it in full
Including the Arabic text where the law is only in Arabic.
- Record it
The claim, the address, the date and what the page says.
- Mark its status
Verified, in conflict, or not confirmed.
- Publish or hold
Only verified facts go on a page.
When official sources disagree
Sometimes two official pages give different figures, or a ministry page has not caught up with a new law. When that happens, we name both, or we leave the point off the page and tell you to confirm it for your case.
One example: Law No. 1 of 2019 allows up to 100% foreign ownership with approval, while one ministry page still shows 51% as the general rule. Our pages say both and ask a lawyer to confirm.
What we do not publish
- Unconfirmed facts
- Anything we could not read at an official source
- Invented figures
- No made-up statistics, clients or reviews
- Promises
- No “guaranteed”, “fastest” or approval claims
- Rankings
- No comparisons with named firms
Check dates and updates
A date on every page
The sources box shows when the facts were last checked.
Fees re-checked
Within 30 days before a page with fees is published, and again when we update it.
Fast-changing rules
Visa and programme pages say the date the rules were checked.
Regulated work
We describe what we help you prepare; authorities decide every application.
How pages are reviewed
Each page is written from the verified facts. Before the site goes live, our team reads every page against its sources, and a senior member of Noor Group reviews the site before launch. When a rule changes, the page and its check date are updated.
How to report a correction
If you find a rule, fee or date that is wrong or out of date, send us the page, what is wrong and, if you have it, the official source. We check it at the source, correct the page if needed and update its check date.
Related pages
Found something that looks wrong or out of date?
Send us the page and the official source. We check it and correct the page.