Article 4 Starting Date: 29/12/2005
Qatari nationality shall be granted to those minor children below legal age who are resident with a naturalized personin Qatar at the time nationality is granted, and to those born after that date. Qatari nationality may be granted, by a decision of the Emir, to the minor children of a naturalized person who are residing outside the country, after five years from the date of their first residence in Qatar, provided that they had not reached adulthood at the time of the application. Minor children of naturalized persons, who are granted Qatari nationality in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, shall declare in writing to the Minister of Interior their choice of their original nationality within one year of reaching the age of majority. The children of a naturalised person, who have reached the age of majority, may be granted Qatari nationality, byan Emiri decision, afterfifteen (15) years have elapsed since taking up residence in Qatar.