09/11/2020
November 9, 2020
[TRAVELLING ADVISORY FOR MUSCAT, OMAN.]
Only Citizens of OMAN and the passengers with a valid Residence Visa (holding valid Oman Resident Cards) are allowed to enter in Oman, subjected to compliance to below requirements and procedures with effect from 11 NOV’20:
Ø Exception to 180 days Overstay: The Passengers, who have overstayed above 06 Months or 180 days out of Oman, required having an E-Visa against his same existing residence/work Visa number or a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from Immigration of Royal Oman Police. In this regard, passenger may contact to his/her Employer or Sponsor to renew the residence visa. Sponsor/Employer will do that at any Sanad Service Centers and renew the Visa. This is called E-Visa.
Ø Mandatory RT-PCR test for COVID-19: Passenger should carry 6 copies PCR negative certificate from any Govt. Approved Laboratory with validity of 72 hours from the sample collection to Departure time.
ü Provided that, A citizen who tests positive once, after recovering from COVID-19 is allowed to travel to Oman, after providing proof that he has completed the prescribed quarantine period before taking the COVID-19 PCR test prior to departure for Oman.
Ø Quarantine period: is amended to be (7) days from the date of arrival in Oman if the passenger has negative results of a COVID-19 PCR test conducted on arrival and another COVID-19 PCR test conducted on the 8th day. If the passenger does not wish to undertake a COVID-19 PCR test on the 8th day, the quarantine will continue for (14) days from the date of arrival.
ü Passengers have to present document in support of Quarantine facilities. It may an Undertaking by Sponsor/Company mentioning the quarantine responsibility or a house rental agreement.
Ø Non-Omani citizens or Residence Visa holders travelling to Oman are required to have an
‘International Health Insurance’ covering the cost of treatment for Covid-19 for a period of one month at least.
Ø All the passengers arriving to Oman are subject to COVID-19 PCR test on Arrival. The cost of PCR Test amounting to OMR 25 has to be borne by Passenger himself.
ü Children aged 15 years & below, Diplomats working at foreigner embassies accredited to Oman and diplomats visiting Oman are exempted from COVID-19 PCR test & from the tracking wristband.
ü While travelling each passenger is advised to carry OMR 25 (Twenty Five) to pay the COVID-19 PCR test fees upon arrival in Muscat, Oman.
Ø While traveling each passenger must carry an Android (Smartphone) Mobile Phone to Download Tarassud+ App from Google Play store.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=om.gov.moh.tarassudapplication&hl=en
Before departure (Ex-BD) all passengers must download the Tarassud+ Apps in his/her own smart phone and complete the registration on Tarassud+ upon arrival.
Hence, Passengers must have a Smartphone and Omani Mobile active SIM upon arrival.