Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Oman as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Oman: Man jailed for forcing girl to take his phone number
The recent arrest and imprisonment of a man for asking a woman to take his phone number is an illustration of the strict laws that apply to what we in the west would regard as ordinary social behaviour …
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Oman: Hiring ban on expatriate workers extended again
Earlier this year, we reported the Omani government imposed the initial six month ban on expat workers getting visas for jobs in 87 industries, including media, engineering, marketing and sales, accounting and finance, IT, insurance, technicians, administration and HR …
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Oman: New labour law rules issued to protect expat workers
The Manpower Minister has issued a decision relating to absconding employees in the private sector …
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Oman: Commercial agents must be registered by 3 August
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced that commercial agents must be registered by the 3rd of August 2018 …
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Oman: New 10-day visa announced
Under new streamline visa regulations unveiled by the Royal Oman Police (ROP), visitors may now pay OMR5 (US$13) to enter the Sultanate for 10 days, in addition to the current 1-month and 1-year tourist visas …
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Oman: Reports to the Human Rights Commission officially declined by 50% last year
Reports to the Human Rights Commission officially declined by 50% last year – from 40 in 2016 to just 19 …
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Oman: No expatriate worker visas if firms don’t hire Omanis
Private sector companies in Oman should be aware that if they do not hire Omanis they could have their current expatriate employee work permits terminated …
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Oman: Tourist, reveal visa applications only online from March 21
With effect from the 21st of March, 2018, all applications for tourist and express visas will only be available online and paper applications will not be accepted at service counters …
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Oman: Women in Oman will be able to drive taxis for the first time
From March 1st 2018 women will be able to drive a taxi or a truck lawfully in Oman …
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Oman: Visa ban on non-Omanis for 6 months extended
The visa ban on non-Omanis for 6 months in some occupations in the private sector has been extended …
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Oman: Illegal immigrants has recently fallen
The volume of illegal immigrants has recently fallen …
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Oman: Minimum salary requirement reduced to bring families
The minimum monthly salary that must be earned by an expatriate before they can bring their family into the country has been reduced from 600 rials (US$1560) to 300 rials (US$780) …
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Oman: 107 Labour Law violators arrested
According to the Ministry of Manpower 107 workers were arrested in September 2017 for labour law violations, of which 98 lacked valid work permits …
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Oman: Labour infringements
Almost 400 arrests and deportations due to labour infringements took place in Oman during the 1st week of May 2017 …
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Oman: Deskilling of expats
Statistics published by Oman’s National Centre for Statistics and Information reveal that in spite of an increase of 110,000 expatriate workers during the first six months of this year the number of highly qualified workers declined by almost 2,000 …
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