Hukoomi

Try Arabic terms or browse the ministry tree. Some services listed only under Arabic name.

Qatari SIM in resident's name required. Move SIM at Ooredoo/Vodafone, then update registration.

Confirm registered mobile and email; update in Hukoomi Profile.

MOI Qatar registration syncs to Hukoomi via the unified identity; allow a few hours after MOI sponsor update.

Some documents are ministry-specific and not in the cross-ministry view. Use the ministry portal.

QID must be active. Renew via Metrash first; Hukoomi reads from MOI.

Yes. The portal itself is free. Only the underlying government fees apply for the services accessed through it. There are no Hukoomi platform charges.

Metrash is the Ministry of Interior app for resident-facing daily services (QID renewal, traffic fines, exit permits, family visas). Hukoomi is the broader catalog covering all government authorities including health, education, business, customs, and labour. The two are integrated, so many flows discovered on Hukoomi complete inside Metrash or another authority's surface.

For personalised services, yes. The QID is the identity anchor for residents and citizens. Visitors can access some public lookups and information without a QID, but the bulk of transactions require resident or citizen identity binding.

Yes. The Business category includes commercial registration (CR), professional licensing, trade name reservation, and many other Ministry of Commerce and Industry transactions. Businesses log in with their CR-linked authorised signatory identity. When a contract closes through MADLSA via Hukoomi, calculate gratuity owed with our Qatar end-of-service calculator.

Open Hukoomi, navigate to Health > Health Card, choose New or Renewal. The portal walks through the form, takes the fee through SADAD-equivalent integration, and issues the card. The physical card is collected at a health centre or delivered.

Open Hukoomi, navigate to Traffic > Fine Lookup, enter your QID and the platform queries the General Directorate of Traffic for outstanding fines. Pay through the integrated SADAD flow.

Yes. The portal is bilingual Arabic and English. Service availability is the same in both languages, although some service titles may be more discoverable in Arabic for legacy reasons.

Hukoomi is the consolidated catalogue and search layer - best for finding services across ministries you do not interact with daily (education, municipality, Chamber). Metrash is the daily MOI app for QID/RP renewal, traffic fines, family visa, mulkiya, driving licence renewal - fastest channel for these. MOI Qatar portal (portal.moi.gov.qa) is the desktop version of Metrash plus sponsor-side Computer Card actions. The pragmatic pattern: install Metrash and use it for almost everything MOI-related; open Hukoomi when you need a cross-ministry service (e.g., business registration alongside residence visa) or to find a specific obscure service quickly via search. For routine residence and traffic work, Hukoomi is unnecessary.

For most major ministries yes (MOI, MOL, MOPH, Chamber of Commerce), but the integration depth varies. Some redirects open the ministry portal with the session passed through and you can act immediately; others land at the ministry login screen and require fresh authentication. The service catalogue marks the integration level for each entry. For the integrated ministries, the SSO works for the duration of your active Hukoomi session - typically 30 minutes of activity. After timeout, re-authenticate. The fallback for non-integrated services is to open the ministry's own portal directly with its own credentials. Hukoomi recovery depends on the Qatari SIM registered to your QID - update it via the registered ministry if SIM changes.

Attestation in Qatar is a multi-step chain that Hukoomi catalogues but does not execute end-to-end. The typical flow for a foreign-issued degree certificate: (1) origin-country notary, foreign ministry attestation, Qatar embassy attestation - all before the document arrives in Qatar; (2) Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA Qatar) attestation upon arrival - this step is now bookable on Hukoomi > General Services > MOFA Attestation, with online booking, payment, and tracking; (3) for educational certificates, additional Supreme Education Council or Ministry of Education and Higher Education verification (also on Hukoomi); (4) for professional licensing, the relevant ministry attestation (MOPH for medical, Qatar Engineers Society for engineering, etc.). Fees vary by document type (QAR 30-150 per attestation step). Marriage and birth certificates follow a similar chain. Tracking on Hukoomi shows current step status. Plan 2-4 weeks for the full Qatar-side chain; the origin-country side is often the slower step. See our GCC attestation guide for the full picture.

Limited services on Hukoomi are accessible to visitors without a QID, primarily public-information lookups and some pre-travel services. Visitors can check visa status by passport number through the MOI integration (free, no login), look up customs duty rates for items they plan to bring, find ministry contact information, and access tourist-information services about Qatar. However, the bulk of Hukoomi transactions (health card application, business registration, traffic services, education) require a QID-based authentication and are not available to visitors. For tourist-visa applications, visitors apply through the Qatar Visa Service (visit-qatar.qa) or through Qatar Airways for transit visas, not through Hukoomi. The Hayya app remains the entry-point for visitors needing to access certain venues. Visitors with a Permanent Residency Card can use the full Hukoomi service set as if they were residents.

Metrash (the new Metrash, since the old Metrash2 was retired) is the MOI mobile app and the fastest channel for daily resident-facing MOI services: QID and RP renewal, traffic fines, mulkiya, driving licence renewal, family visa, Good Conduct, travel-ban inquiry, MOPH-mandatory insurance status. Hukoomi (hukoomi.gov.qa) is the cross-ministry catalogue spanning 2,300+ services across MOI, MOL, MOPH, MoCI, MOE, Customs, Municipality, and others. For an MOI-only daily task, Metrash is faster. For cross-ministry tasks (e.g., business registration with MoCI followed by trade-licence verification with the Chamber of Commerce, alongside residence renewal with MOI), Hukoomi's catalogue and SSO simplify the workflow. The pragmatic pattern: install Metrash and use it for everything MOI-related; open Hukoomi when you need a service outside MOI or to find a specific service quickly via search. Both are free; both support Arabic and English; both require QID-based authentication for most personalised services.