Qatar government service application metrash used by nationals and residents to pay visa renewals, traffic violations, offering 400 services uses technologies such as blockchain and AI ( Artificial Intelligence). Metrash integrated Blockchain for secure KYC and AI for real-time processing offering biometric authentication and encrypted data handling.
Launched by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) in late 2024 and fully upgraded by early 2025, this mobile application replaces the outdated Metrash2, offering a sleek, AI-integrated platform that accesses over 400 services.
Metrash enhances governmental processes through user-centric features that eliminate bureaucratic hurdles. Residents can now handle residency permits, ID card renewals for Gulf nationals, and even delegate tasks via a personal authorization service, allowing family members, like spouses or children, to register without linked phone numbers.
The app’s e-wallet securely stores official documents, enabling automatic residency renewals with zero clicks, while multilingual support in Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Hindi, and Urdu ensures inclusivity for Qatar’s diverse population.
Payment integrations, including Apple Pay, facilitate seamless transactions, reducing the need for physical visits to government offices. Advanced tools like passport scanning, address management for document delivery, and AI-driven fraud detection further streamline operations, making processes faster and more secure.
Qatar has been investing heavily in digitization technologies including blockchain and AI. The Qatar Financial Center and Central Bank of Qatar launched the digital assets lab in 2023 working to tokenize real estate, equities, sukuk and more. Qatar is betting big on AI, having also participated in a $6 billion fundraising by Elon Musk’s xAI in late 2024.
Invest Qatar and global consulting firm Accenture published a report on the transformative potential of artificial intelligence and data analytics on Qatar’s economy. It outlined Qatari government’s $2.5 billion investment in data and AI, and its ambition to generate $11 billion for the national economy, creating 26,000 jobs, and aiming to rank among the top 10 globally on the Digital Competitiveness Index by 2030.
