OM country scene

Sailor's Transit Visa

OmanTransit

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

Official link

Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

Ship crew members who leave Oman through its airports, or who enter through its airports to join their ships, need this visa; the ship's captain obtains it under their responsibility. The official source does not state any exemptions.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • No exemptions are documented on the page.
  • https://gov.om/en/w/get-sailor-s-transit-visa
    This service enables the Captain, under their responsibility, to get a visa for crew members who wish to leave the Sultanate through air ports. It also covers crew members who wish to enter the Sultanate through air ports to join their ships.

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

Answer not available

What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

Answer not available

What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

Answer not available

If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

The permission is a sailor's transit visa issued through the Royal Oman Police service. The application requires a valid passport, a digital photo, a company letter, a cover letter from the shipping agent and a valid sailor's licence, and must be submitted well in advance of the departure of the ship the crew member arrived on or wishes to join. The official source does not name specific onward-travel evidence.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Specific onward-travel evidence (e.g. flight ticket) is not named.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

Your story.
Your next step.

Explore pathways in Oman →