Omani passport

Omani passport
Omani passport
	Front cover of a contemporary Omani biometric passport
Type	Passport
Issued by	Oman Royal Police
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Omani citizenship

The Omani passport (Arabic: جواز السفر العماني) is issued to citizens of Oman for international travel. Omani passports are issued by the Royal Omani Police or at an Omani Embassy overseas. The biometric passport was first issued in 2014. It consists of 48 pages and is valid for up to 10 years.

Passport types[edit]

Passport types are specified under article No. 3 of the Omani passport law, issued by Royal Decree No. 69/97. The specified types are as follows:

Ordinary passport (red cover)
Diplomatic passport (black cover)
Special passport (burgundy cover)
Service passport (blue cover)
The laissez-passer.

Appearance[edit]

Omani passports' cover is red and have inscriptions in golden letters indicating the official name of the country at the top and the word "passport" at the bottom both in Arabic and English divided by the coat of arms. The biometric passport symbol, alerting to the presence of a RFID chip inside the document, is at the very bottom of the cover page.^[1]

Identity information page[edit]

The Omani passport identity page is in two languages - Arabic and English - and includes the following data:

Passport holder's photo 4x6cm
Type ("P" for Passport)
Country (OMN for Oman)
Passport Number
Holder's Surname
Holder's Given Names
Nationality
Date of Birth
Date of Issue
Date of Expiry
ID Number
Place of Birth
Issuing Authority
Passport Holder's Signature

Bilateral visa exemption treaties[edit]

In addition to the unilateral visa waivers that holders of Omani passports enjoy; Oman has signed several bilateral visa exemption treaties for the benefit of diplomatic, service, and special passports:

An agreement with France for the holders of diplomatic, service and special passports.
An agreement with China for the holders of diplomatic, service and special passports.
An agreement with Switzerland for the holders of diplomatic, service and special passports.
An agreement with the United Kingdom for the holders of diplomatic and special passports.
An agreement with Lithuania for the holders of diplomatic, service and special passports.
An agreement with Belarus for the holders of diplomatic, service and special passports.
An agreement with Italy for the holders of diplomatic, service and special passports.
An agreement with Portugal for the holders of diplomatic, service and special passports.
An agreement with Malta for the holders of diplomatic, service and special passports.
An agreement with Korea for the holders of diplomatic, service and special passports.

Visa requirements[edit]

In June 2019, Omani citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 83 countries and territories, ranking the Omani passport 52nd in the world according to the Passport index ^[2]