A Registrant is an individual or organization that owns a domain either directly from CRA or through one of CRA’s accredited registrars.

Domains under zones: .gov.qa, .org.qa, .mil.qa, .edu.qa and sch.qa will be registered by CRA directly, while the domains under .qa, .com.qa, .net.qa, .name.qa and قطر. will be registered through CRA’s accredited registrars.

Below table shows the available Qatari top level domains, which consists of the Internationalized Arabic Domain Name (IDN) “.قطر” , the country code top level domain “.qa” and the second level domains under .qa.

.قطر	Open for all
.qa	Open for all
.com.qa	For companies and businesses registered in the State of Qatar
.net.qa	For Information Communication Technology (ICT) companies and service providers registered in the State of Qatar
.name.qa	For natural persons, either citizens or residents of the State of Qatar
.gov.qa	For Qatar governmental organizations
.org.qa	For non-profit institutions in the State of Qatar
.mil.qa	For military organizations of the State of Qatar
.edu.qa	For educational institutions in the State of Qatar
.sch.qa	For schools in the State of Qatar

 

        Registering A Domain

• The domains under zones: .gov.qa, .mil.qa, .edu.qa, .sch.qa, and .org.qa;

  are dedicated only for the governmental entities, education institutions, schools and official organizations located in the State of Qatar.

  For registering domains under the above zones, the entity or its representative should contact CRA at registrars@domains.qa for the requirements and the process.

• For registering domains under zones: .qa, .com.qa, .net.qa, .name.qa and قطر.; Please get in touch with one of CRA’s Accredited Registrars

• To check domain name availability, you can visit CRA’s Whoischeck service at the link.

• To check the registration information of a registered domain, you can visit the CRA Whois service at the link.