I went there a year back and i had no problem with a hand written passport. Most of the ppl in Qatar knows that our passport is not machine readible. Well The only problem I faced was regarding my luggage which i wouldnt call it a problem. They had a hard time figuring out where to go and had to manually type it in. Thats about it. After they enter the destination and gives you the boarding passes you are set to go. Its the same thing with other places you have your transit in. But i never went off the airport during my transit so I have no idea how the processes are on that. But yes, after the lugguage is on the airplane or send from USA, all I did was checked on the place where my transit was just to be sure. Im glad that everything fell into place and didnt have any hassle whatsoever Regards, Mercy

mercynova · Jul 25, 2012 8:57 AM

I recently had a roundtrip  US <--> Nepal through Qatar with handwritten Nepali passport. I didnt have any issues.

damauli_guy · Jul 25, 2012 11:05 AM

 Euta_Nepali, I think you're reading too much into it. 

riddle · Jul 25, 2012 11:10 AM

Went to nepal via same route last month and returned to US last week via same route with hand written passport. No issues what so ever.

sojhoboy · Jul 25, 2012 11:14 AM

 came back 10 days back via qatar  w/ 2006 issued 10 yr valid ali ali chatya hand written passport .. no hassle. Good luck.

kalikopoi · Jul 25, 2012 3:43 PM

 Thank you guys for your response. Riddle- ke garne. I read news even in TIA people giving hard time to handwritten passport holders by scanning handwritten passport  in MRP passport machine. I haven't travelled since last five years. Things are changing. So just thought to check before making big plan.

euta_nepali · Jul 26, 2012 10:36 PM