Local media said that more than 200 foreigners have been given Omani citizenship. Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik has signed a Royal Decree that gives 216 people who live abroad citizenship.
In February, 157 foreigners living in Oman were given citizenship by the Sultan.
The Ministry of the Interior says that foreigners who want to become citizens of Oman and get a passport will have to pay OMR600 for an application, while the spouses or ex-spouses of Omani citizens will have to pay OMR300.
Applicants will have to show that they live and work in Oman and have never been in trouble with the law. They will also have to show a medical certificate that says they don’t have any diseases that can be spread or they might not be able to get a citizenship.
Documents required
The ministry’s executive regulation 92/2019 says, “An application for Omani citizenship will cost OMR600. An application for the expat wife, widow, or divorcee of an Omani citizen will cost OMR300, as will an application for the citizenship of an Omani woman’s underage child.”
The law says that it will cost OMR200 to apply to give up or get back Omani citizenship.
Foreigners who want to become citizens of Oman must meet a number of requirements and bring 12 documents with them when they apply.
“The foreigner must show the following documents when applying for citizenship,” says the law. A copy of the passport with a valid visa, a copy of the personal identification card or another form of identification, a copy of a valid residency card, a copy of the marriage certificate if he is married, and copies of his wife’s passport and any children’s passports. If he is married to an Omani woman, he must show a copy of his certificate for marriage of a foreigner, a certificate of good conduct from Oman and another from the country he comes from, a valid medical certificate showing that he is healthy and free of diseases that can be passed on, proof of income from his employer, a certificate from the embassy of his country saying that he is allowed to give up his original passport, and written proof of his intention to give up his current passport.
Long-term resident
Anyone who wants to become an Omani citizen must go to the ministry to get a passport and live in the sultanate for a long time.
Article 16 of the law says that anyone who becomes an Omani citizen must go to the ministry within six months to finish the paperwork for an Omani passport for himself and his children under the age of 18, who will automatically get one.
When they start this process, expats will have to take an Arabic language test. The test can be written or it can be an interview in Arabic that takes place at the ministry.
If an expat fails the test, they can take it again after six months. They can do this four times. If they don’t get a permit from the Ministry of Interior, new citizens of Oman won’t be able to spend more than six months outside of the country at once in the ten years after they become citizens.
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