VisaOman temporary work visas use four-, six- or nine-month permits, with separate medical stages
Current official guidance distinguishes temporary employment from the ordinary work route, explains the employer’s permit requirements, and separates report attestation from the post-arrival examination form.
Official source date: 2025-08-05
Edited and checked by the VisaWand editorial team
Match a temporary assignment to the authorised employment period
Oman’s Royal Oman Police describes temporary work visas for periods of four, six or nine months, as specified in the permit, with multiple entry. They are requested on the employer’s responsibility for a foreign worker undertaking a temporary assignment. This is current explanatory guidance on an existing route, not a newly announced November visa option. A short project should therefore be assessed against the authorised work period rather than treated as ordinary tourism.
The police checklist requires the applicant to be at least 21, a passport valid for at least six months, photographs and the relevant labour permit unless the employer is a government organisation. It also identifies professional approvals for certain occupations and medical evidence for specified nationalities. The published visa fee is OMR 20. Employers should use the Temporary Work Visa page to identify those requirements before selecting a project start date, particularly where a regulated professional role needs approval from another authority.
The labour permission and visa application must describe the same job
The national Gov.om Work Visa service, updated on 5 August 2025, explains the ordinary employer-sponsored route. A Ministry of Labour licence underpins the visa unless the employer is a government entity. Its checklist includes the passport copy, photograph, work permit and medical examination evidence. The profession on the work permit must match the profession on the visa application, and the applicant must be at least 21.
This consistency check matters before submission: the employer should compare the actual job with both records rather than regard a similar occupational description as sufficient. Gov.om lists OMR 20 for visa issuance, not a single inclusive price covering all labour approvals, medical services and professional permissions. For employers operating in special economic zones, OPAZ’s official visa FAQ distinguishes two-year employment arrangements from the shorter four-, six- and nine-month periods and directs case-specific questions to 1919. That overview helps identify the duration question; it does not replace the police application or the relevant labour approval.
Attest the applicable report before completing the visa procedure
The Health Ministry’s Pre-Arrival Medical Report Attestation service is an action resource for the health-document stage. It directs the user to the eHealth Portal, with PKI authentication through the mobile phone or identity card, entry of the required data and payment. After that stage, the user proceeds to Royal Oman Police to complete the visa procedures. The ministry lists OMR 2 for Wafid electronic reports and OMR 5 for reports issued by Omani medical centres when changing to a work visa.
Those amounts concern attestation, not the underlying visa or an all-inclusive examination package. The page describes five-minute service for Wafid reports, while Oman-issued reports depend on Health Ministry approval. Applicants should not convert that administrative estimate into a promise that the police visa will be issued within minutes. The sponsor should identify which report is involved and retain evidence of the completed attestation before moving to the police stage.
A post-arrival form has its own validity and examination charge
The Health Ministry separately publishes the Post Arrival Medical Fitness Exam service for workers completing residence-card issuance or renewal and related procedures. Users register through the eHealth Portal or a Sanad Services Centre, provide identity and passport information and obtain the examination form. Following payment, the QR code received by email or text is presented at the medical centre. The listed fees are OMR 30 for non-food handlers and OMR 40 for food handlers.
The form remains valid for thirty days after extraction, so the applicant should plan the medical-centre visit within that document window. The page’s short service-completion estimate concerns the registration service, not the final residence decision. It exempts children under 16 from submitting that form for visit or residence visas; that is not an employment-age exemption. The work-visa pages retain the minimum age of 21. A practical file should therefore distinguish the employer’s labour permission, police visa, medical-report attestation and any post-arrival examination form, each with its own supporting evidence and purpose.
