Editing Demographics of Qatar (section)

===Citizenship===
Two distinctions exist between Qatari citizens: those whose families migrated to Qatar before 1930, commonly referred to as "native" Qataris, and "naturalized", those whose families arrived after. Previously, the 1961 citizenship law defined Qatari citizens as only those families who have been in the country since the 1930s,<ref name="marine1"/> though this was repealed in the 2005 [[Qatari nationality law|citizenship law]]. In 2021, a law was signed by Emir [[Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani]] restricting the rights to vote in [[Consultative Assembly of Qatar|local elections]] to native citizens, leading to minor demonstrations and public disapproval. This led Al Thani to later announce that he would amend the law to allow all citizens to vote in future elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/qatar/freedom-world/2024|title=Qatar: Freedom in the World Country Report|publisher=Freedom House|year=2024|accessdate=28 May 2024}}</ref> 

Children of Qatari mothers and foreign fathers are not granted Qatari citizenship; however, as of 2018, they are granted [[permanent residency]] status, which entitles them to similar state benefits as Qatari citizens. Nonetheless, the government limits the number of permanency residency visas it issues each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/02/15/qatar-submission-un-committee-rights-child|title=Qatar: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child|publisher=Human Rights Watch|date=15 February 2023|accessdate=29 May 2024}}</ref> The 2005 citizenship law allows for [[Denaturalization|revocation of citizenship]] without appeal, which has been used on a number of families with [[dual citizenship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/05/12/qatar-families-arbitrarily-stripped-citizenship|title=Qatar: Families Arbitrarily Stripped of Citizenship|publisher=Freedom House|date=12 May 2019|accessdate=28 May 2024}}</ref>