Oman lifts travel ban for vaccinated Pakistanis

The Civil Aviation Authority of Oman issued a circular Monday according to which from September 1, all those who are eligible to enter Oman, including native citizens, resident visa holders and those who are eligible for visa on arrival can enter the country.

As per official notification, travelers from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Tanzania, Sudan, Brazil, Sierra Leone, UK, Tunisia, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Ethiopia, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Guinea, Colombia and Argentina can enter in the Gulf country.

These countries were banned from entering Oman in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

Now travelers from the aforesaid countries can enter Oman but only upon showing proof of having taken a COVID-19 vaccination approved by Oman.

As per travel advisory, the vaccine certificate should have a QR code and the last dose should have been taken two weeks or 14 days prior to the date of travel.

In addition, single-dose vaccines also need to be taken two weeks prior to the travel date.

International passengers arriving in Oman holding a negative PCR test that can be verified through a QR code are also exempted from the mandatory institutional quarantine that is currently in effect.

Omani government has directed the concerned authorities to permit the PCR test result 96 hours before the scheduled flight time and for short haul flights the PCR test should have been taken 72 hours prior to the flight.