Apply In-Person

1. To apply for exchanging public land for another, you should visit the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) office in your region, please view the contact details and location maps of the municipalities through this link: Link
2. Prepare the required supporting document for your application as mention in the “Required Documents” below
3. Download the application form for switching land: Link and fill the section about “Switch Land (Government to Government)” and all also download the acknowledgement form: Link and fill it accordingly.
4. Attach all the required documents including both forms in a single fill and visit the municipality premises in you region to submit the complete application the complete application to the Land and Survey Department customer service desk at the urban planning sector
5. The Land and Survey Department will assess the application and approve your request, sign the forms and consult with the involved partners like the real-estate department
6. Then they will perform the exchange once a land is available for exchange and update the data in their system and then produce new document for the exchanged land and issue them to you as the new land owner

• Acknowledgement form
• Complete application form to switch land
• Copy of Id
• Certified copy of the land title deed and layout

DUrban Planning Department - Head Office
Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME)
Doha, Qatar
P.O. Box: 22332
Doha, Qatar
Phone: +974 – 44348038;
Fax: +974 – 44347993.
Email: info@mme.gov.qa / info@mm.gov.qa
Website: Link

• Citizens who own public land allocated as per the Housing Law or through grant in a certain area and wish to exchange it with another land located in a different area.

• Free

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

• Acknowledgement form: Link
• Application form to switch land: Link

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• 17 working days

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• The land you wish to exchange has to be public land allocated to you as per the Housing Law or through grant in a certain area with another located in a different area.
• There has to be a vacant land in the area where the switch is requested.

• Names
• Id number
• Lot number
• Title deed number
• File number
• Area name
• Area space
• Contact number

Please provide the need for the procedure. e.g. Birth Certificate - why do we need to have a birth certificate?

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Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• HUKOOMI: Link

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