Royal Decree grants 19 expats citizenship of Oman

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has issued a Royal Decree that grants 19 expats Omani citizenship.

Article 1 of the Decree states that Omani nationality shall be granted to any person listed in the attached list.

Article 2 states that this Decree will be published in the Official Gazette and shall come into force from the date of its publication.

The list included 19 names of people who were granted Omani nationality. In 2018, 37 expats had been granted Omani citizenship in addition to giving six Yemenis dual nationality — where they can combine Omani and Yemeni nationalities. The Royal Decree also restored the Omani nationality of 41 people.

On the June 2, the Ministry of Interior released an executive order 92/2019, which clarified the process expats need to go through in order to gain Omani citizenship and an Omani passport.



According to the law, the application fee costs OMR600, and the application fee for the expat wife, widow or divorcee of an Omani citizen is OMR300, which is also the same for an underage child of an Omani woman.

Article 15 of the ministerial decision stated: “A foreigner must present the following documents when applying for an Omani citizenship: A copy of the passport with a valid visa, a copy of the personal identification card or similar identification, a copy of a valid residence card, a copy of the marriage certificate if he is married, as well as copies of the wife’s passport and that of any children. If married to an Omani woman, a copy must be presented of his certificate for marriage of a foreigner, a certificate of good conduct from Oman and another from the country from which he comes, a valid medical certificate proving that he is fit and free of transmittable diseases, an income document from his employer, a certificate from the embassy of his country proving that he is allowed to forfeit his original passport, a written proof of intent to forfeit his current passport, a written declaration at the ministry that includes the names of all his underage children and their documents.”