{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"QA","name":"Qatar","slug":"qatar"},"destination":{"code":"AS","name":"American Samoa"},"status":"eta","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"american-samoa-qatar-current-us-visa-waiver-visitor-permit","title":"American Samoa: Qatar U.S.-visa-waiver 30-day visitor permit","summary":"The current American Samoa Government waiver-country list names Qatar, and its current visitor portal requires a pre-travel, emailed 30-day permit for U.S.-visa-waiver-country travelers.","status":"eta","conditions":["The traveler must apply before arrival, receive the emailed permit, and present it to Immigration; the pre-travel electronic approval is normalized as ETA rather than visa-free.","The current route is limited to a 30-day visitor permit and remains subject to passport validity, fee, purpose, admissibility, entry and other territorial conditions.","Work, residence, credit study, transit, diplomatic/official, special-document, U.S.-visa-holder and individual-admission routes are excluded."],"sourceIds":["american-samoa-legal-affairs-current-visa-waiver-countries","american-samoa-legal-affairs-current-us-visa-waiver-permit"],"application":{"url":"https://legalaffairs.as.gov/usvisa30day","label":"American Samoa U.S. Visa / Waiver 30-Day Visitor Permit","steps":["Apply and pay before travel using the territorial visitor-permit workflow.","Receive the emailed permit before departure.","Present the permit to American Samoa Immigration on arrival."]}},{"id":"american-samoa-current-named-waiver-country-online-permit","title":"American Samoa: named current waiver-country online 30-day permit","summary":"The current American Samoa Government list names this 46-code ordinary-passport cohort, including Qatar. Its current U.S. Visa/Waiver visitor service requires online application and an emailed permit before arrival; that mandatory electronic pre-travel authorization is normalized as eta.","status":"eta","conditions":["Apply and obtain the emailed American Samoa visitor permit before travel; the portal states applications must be submitted online within three business days before travel.","The route is limited to a 30-day visitor permit, requires a qualifying passport/document, return ticket within 30 days, lodging/local-contact evidence, fee and admissibility. It is not a visa-free entry.","The program’s precise statutory EPWP label and country-list update mechanism, work, residence, credit study, transit, crew/commercial-vessel, diplomatic, official, special-document, third-country-document and final-admission treatment are outside this ordinary visitor mapping."],"sourceIds":["as-current-waiver-country-list","as-current-us-waiver-visitor-permit","as-2024-administrative-code-epwp"],"application":{"url":"https://legalaffairs.as.gov/usvisa30day","label":"American Samoa U.S. Visa / Waiver 30-Day Visitor Permit","steps":["Use the official visitor-permit service before travel.","Provide identity, return-ticket, lodging/local-contact and payment information.","Receive the emailed permit and present it to American Samoa Immigration on arrival."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"american-samoa-legal-affairs-current-visa-waiver-countries","title":"American Samoa Department of Legal Affairs: Visa Waiver Countries","url":"https://legalaffairs.as.gov/visa-waiver-countries","publisher":"American Samoa Department of Legal Affairs","jurisdiction":"American Samoa","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"american-samoa-legal-affairs-current-us-visa-waiver-permit","title":"American Samoa Department of Legal Affairs: U.S. Visa / Waiver 30-Day Visitor Permit","url":"https://legalaffairs.as.gov/usvisa30day","publisher":"American Samoa Department of Legal Affairs","jurisdiction":"American Samoa","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"as-current-waiver-country-list","title":"Visa Waiver Countries","url":"https://legalaffairs.as.gov/visa-waiver-countries","publisher":"American Samoa Department of Legal Affairs","jurisdiction":"American Samoa","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"as-current-us-waiver-visitor-permit","title":"U.S. Visa / Waiver 30-Day Visitor Permit","url":"https://legalaffairs.as.gov/usvisa30day","publisher":"American Samoa Department of Legal Affairs","jurisdiction":"American Samoa","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"as-2024-administrative-code-epwp","title":"American Samoa Administrative Code, Title 41, Chapter 11 (2024 edition)","url":"https://www.osas.as/_files/ugd/4c56eb_7030cc84e50a49628d1f8e450d05f921.pdf","publisher":"Office of the Secretary of American Samoa","jurisdiction":"American Samoa","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}