Visa policy of Oman
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Visitors to Oman must obtain a visa from one of the Omani diplomatic missions unless they are citizens from one of the visa-exempt countries or citizens eligible for an e-Visa.
All visitors must hold a passport valid for at least 6 months.[1]
In an effort to bolster the tourism sector, citizens from 103 countries are allowed to enter the sultanate for up to 14 days without securing a prior visa.[2][3]
Visa policy map
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Visa exemption
[edit]Ordinary passports
[edit]Citizens of the following countries and territories may enter Oman without a visa for the following period:[4][5][6]
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# - Must present proof of a confirmed hotel reservation, health insurance, a return ticket, and proof of funds for the duration of the stay.[11]
1 - No more than 90 days within any 1 calendar year.
2 - For Chinese citizens with People's Republic of China passports, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passports or Macao Special Administrative Region passports only.
Substitute visa
[edit]Citizens of the following countries may enter Oman without a visa for up to 14 days under certain conditions:[4]
They must meet one of the following conditions:
- Hold a valid visa issued by any Schengen Area member state, Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom or the United States;
- Reside in one of GCC member state and its profession are among the professions that benefit from the resident visa.
Non-ordinary passports
[edit]Holders of diplomatic, official / service passports of Albania, Bangladesh, Belarus (30 days),[12] Brunei (30 days), China (30 days), Colombia (30 days), Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt (30 days), Germany, Iran (30 days), Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan (30 days), Lebanon (30 days), Morocco (30 days), Portugal,[13] Romania,[14] Russia, Singapore (30 days), South Korea, Switzerland,[15] Syria (30 days) and Venezuela may enter Oman without a visa for up to 90 days (unless otherwise noted).[16]
Future changes
[edit]Oman has signed visa exemption agreements with the following countries, but they have not yet been ratified:
| Country | Passports | Agreement signed on |
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 Philippines[17] |
Diplomatic, official | 14 July 2025 |
 Maldives[18] |
Diplomatic, official, service, special | 11 December 2024 |
 Suriname |
Diplomatic, official | September 2024 |
 Uzbekistan |
Diplomatic, official | June 2024 |
 China[19] |
Ordinary | 29 March 2021 |
Electronic visa (e-Visa)
[edit]Citizens of the following countries and territories, may obtain a single or multiple entry e-Visa valid for 30 days online.[20][21][22][23]
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1 - Issued free of charge.
2 - Valid for 3 months.
Conditional e-Visa
[edit]Citizens of the following countries, including their spouses and children of another nationality, may obtain an e-Visa, if they hold a valid Australian, Canadian, Japanese, Schengen, UK or US visa, or a residence permit issued by any Schengen Area member state, Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom or the United States.
They may apply for a single-entry visa (5 OMR for 10 days or 20 OMR 30 days), or 1-year-valid multiple-entry visa (for 50 OMR). The allowed duration of stay is 10 days for 10 days visa and 30 days for other visas (or 30 days per visit on the multiple-entry visa).[21]
1 - For Moroccan citizens, only a valid Schengen Visa issued in Morocco is applicable.
Transit without visa
[edit]Visitors from any country who hold onward tickets may transit through Oman without a visa for up to 6 hours if proceeding by the same flight.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Visa and passport". Timatic. International Air Transport Association through Emirates. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ "Oman extends visa-free period for visitors from 103 countries". Arab News. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ↑ "Oman to give visa-free 10-day entry to 103 countries to boost tourism". Foreign Ministry of Oman. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- 1 2 "Entry visas".
- ↑ "Know your visa type".
- ↑ "Visa and passport". Timatic. International Air Transport Association through Emirates. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ "Mutual Visa Exemption between Oman and Belarus".
- ↑ "Oman-Russia visa exemption to take effect on July 18". 9 July 2025.
- ↑ "Umuma Mahsus Pasaport Hamillerine Yönelik Olarak Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ile Umman Sultanlığı Arasında Karşılıklı Vize Muafiyeti Hakkında Duyuru, 22 Aralık 2025 / T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı". Archived from the original on 6 January 2026. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ "Oman - Travel Page". www.mfa.gov.sg. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore). 4 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ↑ "Entry visas - FM.gov.om". www.fm.gov.om. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ↑ "Национальный правовой Интернет-портал Республики Беларусь". pravo.by.
- ↑ Under visa exemption agreement on 15 December 2012; from 24 October 2014
- ↑ Under visa exemption agreement signed in November 2018, applied from April 2019
- ↑ "Under visa exemption agreement on 6 August 2010; from 18 November 2010" (PDF).
- ↑ "List of countries that have signed mutual visa exemption agreements with the Sultanate of Oman for official passports (Diplomatic, Special, and Service)".
- ↑ "Oman and Philippines sign visa agreement". Foreign Ministry of Oman. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ↑ "Visa exemption agreement between the Maldives and Oman".
- ↑ "Mutual visa-free entry for citizens of Oman, China". Muscat Daily. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ↑ "Visa eligibility".
- 1 2 "Home - eVisa". evisa.rop.gov.om.
- ↑ "Royal Oman Police launches new eVisa service". Times of Oman. 18 May 2017.
- ↑ "Oman adds China, Iran, Russia to visa on arrival list". Gulf Business. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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