Change Date of Birth in Qatar ID Online

How to Change the Date of Birth on Your Qatar ID — Metrash Steps, Newspaper Notice, Tracking

Qatar ID (QID) is your residence card in Qatar, and when the date of birth on it does not match your passport, that mismatch follows you into every government service that checks the card against the passport. If yours is wrong, you correct it through the Metrash app, and this guide follows that correction in the order you will meet it — the app route, the documents to attach, and the newspaper step most people miss — so the change does not stall after you submit.

Correct it in the Metrash app, and use the current app name

The app to use is the new Metrash app. Older guides still name a previous app, and guides report that the old app was discontinued from 1 March 2025 following an MOI announcement, so any guide still directing you to the old app is out of date on this point. That discontinuation is reported, not officially quoted here, because the MOI portal page itself was not retrieved in the fact-check pass. Menu labels inside the new app are likewise reported and must be re-checked in the live app before publish, so follow the live labels where they differ from the steps guides describe, and do not treat any menu name in this guide as an official MOI quote.

Documents to attach, including the attested birth certificate

Guides describe the document set as:

• your QID front and back
• your passport front and back
• your birth certificate or residence-permit and employer documents as they apply to you
• a request letter explaining the correction.

Within that set, guides report one requirement separately because it causes the most rejections: the birth certificate is reported as needing attestation by the Foreign Ministry.

• Attach the attested version rather than an unattested copy
• check in the app itself that every attachment has registered before you move on, because a missing attachment is discovered late, not early.

The newspaper notice, and the one timing rule this guide does state

Guides describe a newspaper step that sits apart from the app form:

• publish a notice in accredited newspapers, in the language that matches your residence document
• attach the advertisement after 14 days from publication.

That 14-day advertisement rule is reported, with its accredited-newspaper and language conditions attached, and it is the only timing rule this guide states.

No processing timeline is promised here at all, because the old page carried three contradictory timelines and none was corroborated — so after submission:

• follow up in the app
• let the app’s own status tell you where the correction stands.

Guides also report one location condition: the application is reported as submittable only from within the State of Qatar.

After the change, re-check the card itself

• Once the app shows the correction as registered, re-check your QID against your passport before you use the card for another service, because a correction that is registered but not yet reflected on the card you carry will still fail a check.
• If the correction is rejected, the app’s stated reason is your next step, not a fresh submission of the same documents.

As related coverage only, guides list newer features of the new Metrash app — including Apple Pay support, two-device activation, GCC ID services, an 8-digit password system, and family authorisation with a time limit — in reported voice, and no service count for the app is stated here because guides conflict on that count.

Related: Apply Qatar ID Application; Qatar ID check; check fine on Qatar ID.

Official source: Ministry of Interior Qatar — portal.moi.gov.qa and the Metrash app. Checked on: 26 October 2026. We are not MOI and we do not collect QID numbers.

Why a date of birth mismatch follows you everywhere

A date of birth is not a decorative detail on a residence card. It is one of the fields that government services use to match the card to the person, and to match the card to the passport. When the date on the QID does not match the date on the passport, every service that checks the card against the passport can fail, even if the name and the QID number are correct. The mismatch does not stay inside one service: it follows the card into renewals, fine checks, visa applications, and any other check that compares the two documents. That is why the correction is worth doing promptly, and why it is worth checking the correction afterwards, rather than assuming a submitted form has fixed the record.

The comparison to make before you start is simple, and it should be made document to document.

• Put the QID and the passport side by side
• read the date of birth on each, day, month, and year.
• Note which one is wrong, and what the correct date should be.
• A day and month swapped and a year mistyped by one digit are different errors, and the correction request should state the correct date plainly, with the supporting document that proves it.
• If the passport itself carries the wrong date, check with MOI which document must be corrected first, since a QID corrected to match a wrong passport will need correcting again.

The documents, and the attestation point that causes rejections

The document set described in the guides behind this guide includes:

• the QID front and back
• the passport front and back
• the birth certificate or the residence permit and employer documents as they apply
• a request letter explaining the correction.

Each attachment has a job: the QID and passport show the mismatch, the birth certificate proves the correct date, and the request letter explains in words what the attachments show in documents.

An attachment that is unclear, cropped, or missing a side will be discovered late, not early, so:

• check in the app that every attachment has registered before moving on, as this guide already advises.

A missing attachment is the kind of fault that only appears when the application is reviewed, by which time the 14 day newspaper step and the rest of the timeline may already be running.

Within that set, the birth certificate carries a separate requirement that causes the most rejections: it is reported as needing attestation by the Foreign Ministry.

• Attach the attested version rather than an unattested copy.

Attestation is not a presentational extra; it is the confirmation that the document is accepted as authentic for the correction.

• If you hold only an unattested copy, arrange attestation before submitting
• do not submit the unattested copy in the hope that it will be accepted.
• If you are unsure whether a certificate you hold is attested, check the stamps and endorsements on it
• ask MOI or the attesting authority before submitting, since a rejection on this point costs the whole submission and the time that goes with it.

The newspaper notice, and what not to promise about timing

The newspaper step sits apart from the app form, and that separation is why it is missed.

Guides describe:

• publishing a notice in accredited newspapers, in the language that matches the residence document
• attaching the advertisement after 14 days from publication.

Each part of that description matters.

• The newspapers must be accredited, so a notice in any publication will not do.
• The language must match the residence document, so a notice in the wrong language will not do.
• And the advertisement is attached after 14 days from publication, not on the day of publication, so the step has a built in wait.

• Plan the sequence as publication first, 14 days, then attachment
• keep the published notice and the proof of publication safe for the attachment step.
• If the notice is published but the advertisement is attached too early, or in the wrong language, the step will need to be done again.

No processing timeline is promised in this guide, and that restraint should be kept.

The old page carried three contradictory timelines and none was corroborated, so after submission:

• follow up in the app
• let the app’s own status tell you where the correction stands.

• Do not plan travel, a renewal, or another service on the assumption that the correction will be complete by a particular date.
• Check the app status
• if the status shows a rejection, use the app’s stated reason as the next step, not a fresh submission of the same documents.

A rejection with a reason is information: it tells you which attachment, which detail, or which step needs to change, and a resubmission that changes that item stands a better chance than a repeat of the same file.

After the correction: re-check, and the location condition

• Once the app shows the correction as registered, re-check the QID against the passport before using the card for another service.

A correction that is registered but not yet reflected on the card you carry will still fail a check, because the check reads the card and the passport together.

• If the card itself has not been updated, ask in the app or at MOI what the next step is for the physical card
• do not rely on the app status alone for a service that reads the card.
• Keep the request letter, the attested birth certificate copy, and the newspaper advertisement together with the correction record, so that any later question about the change can be answered from the file rather than from memory.

Guides also report one location condition: the application is reported as submittable only from within the State of Qatar.

• If you are outside Qatar when you discover the mismatch, do not submit from outside on the assumption that the condition does not apply.
• Check the condition in the live app
• if it holds, plan the submission for when you are inside Qatar, or ask MOI what route, if any, applies from outside.

The correction is a personal record change, and the location condition, the newspaper step, and the attestation requirement together mean that this is not a correction to rush from abroad on an unverified route.