The pools and palms of Wadi Bani Khalid, Oman

Who needs a visa for Oman?

Western Asia · Muscat

Photo: Richard Bartz / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 14 enter Oman with no paperwork at all. The rest: 69 can get a visa at the border and 115 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Oman government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Oman's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 14

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 115

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa on arrival 69

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

About Oman

Region
Western Asia
Capital
Muscat
Population
5,494,691 2025 · 120th of 197
Size
309,500 km² 71st largest of 199
Density
18 per km²
Language
Arabic
Currency
Omani rial OMR

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.