Oman will exempt citizens of 103 countries including India from needing an entry visa for a stay of up to ten days. The move is in line with the country’s effort to promote and ease services for tourists. The Embassy of India in Oman welcomed this decision and emphasised that it will help boost tourism, …
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Oman has imposed a six-month ban on hiring foreigners seeking work in 10 different industries, including media, information technology, marketing, insurance and aviation. The new ban, which is set to be implemented immediately, aims to increase the employment rate among nationals, the minister of manpower said on Sunday. According to the Times of Oman, the ban …
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Oman has reportedly halved the minimum monthly salary requirement for foreign workers to bring their family to live in the country. As per the latest announcement, an expat employee can bring family members to Oman if he is earning OMR300 per month. Earlier, the minimum salary required for such a visa was OMR600, a Times of …
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A new wages database in Oman will monitor and stamp out “black market” money leaving the country, Times of Oman has reported citing the manpower minister. The project will keep tabs on how much a worker earns every month compared to how much they send back to their home countries. Cases where the workers are sending …
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Oman’s Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) has signed a bilateral air services agreement with its counterpart in India to increase 6,260 seats per week. Weekly seats increased to 27,405 In a notice uploaded on its official Twitter account, the authority said that as per the agreement with India, the number of weekly seats were …
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Royal Oman Police’s (ROP) Directorate-General of Civil Status will introduce a new version of the ID card for Omanis and the resident card for residents from November 20. Expats and Omanis will be able to get the new modified version of residential and ID cards starting from Sunday. The new version of civil Cards will …
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An Omani fisherman’s life changed over-night when he accidentally hauled 80 kilograms of Ambergris, rare and costly wax. The wax originates as a secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale. It can be found floating in tropical seas and is used in manufacture of perfume. One kilogram of it can sell for OMR13,000. Khalid …
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Solutions to Oman’s labour law issues – including the NOC – will be announced on November 20, Times of Oman has reported citing Deputy Secretary of the Supreme Council for Planning. Talal Al Rahbi, deputy secretary general at the Supreme Council for Planning and General Coordinator of Tanfeedh, told the daily that solutions to issues regarding …
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Hundreds expatriates in Oman who worked as government medical staff are left in the lurch after they have been handed reduced gratuity payments. The medical staff, mainly consisting of Indians and Filipinos, claim that their severance packages have been cut or withheld after long years of service. 12 years gratuity for 25 years service Almost …
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In a move that would bring joy to thousands of expatriates, Oman is planning to remove the requirement for sponsor’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) to change jobs, Times of Oman has reported citing a senior official from the Ministry of Manpower. “We will remove the NOC option. It will be removed. The plan is being …
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