Oman · Residency by investment
Oman Golden and Silver Residency Programme
The programme launched originally in 2021. It was relaunched on 31 August 2025 through the Invest Oman platform, with new routes and new branding. The thresholds survived the relaunch. Permits are issued by the Royal Oman Police.
This route is self-sponsored, requires no physical presence, and includes dependent parents. But it now carries a structural problem no other Gulf programme has. You would be buying a 10-year permit into a jurisdiction that has already legislated to start taxing personal income in 2028, well before that permit expires.
Qualifying routes
OMR 500,000 (roughly USD 1.3m) placed in an LLC, a public joint-stock company, or government bonds. The permit runs 10 years and is renewable.
Property worth at least OMR 500,000. The permit runs 10 years and is renewable.
Establish a company employing 50 or more Omani nationals. There is no minimum capital requirement. The permit runs 10 years.
OMR 250,000 (roughly USD 650,000) in company investment or property. The permit runs 5 years and is renewable.
Expatriates aged 60 or over with OMR 4,000 per month in fixed income qualify for a 5-year extended residence permit.
The facts
- Minimum investment
- 250k OMR
- Total landed cost
- Application fees run OMR 551 (roughly USD 1,430) for Golden and OMR 326 (roughly USD 847) for Silver. That is on top of the underlying investment.
- Route type
- Residency by investment
- Timeline
- 1–3 months (No published statutory service standard.)
- Physical presence
- None required. That is a genuine point of difference against Qatar's 90-day expectation.
- Family
- SpouseChildrenDependent parents, under both tiersDomestic staff
- Permanent residency
- None. There are only renewable 5 or 10-year permits.
- Citizenship
- None, realistically.
- Language test
- Not applicable
- Dual citizenship
- Not permitted. You would have to renounce.
- Requirements
- qualifying investment or propertyclean criminal recordhealth insuranceproof of fundsbank statements
- The 2028 personal income tax and the 10-year permit do not line up well. A client who signs on today at OMR 500,000 is buying a permit that will outlast the tax-free promise it was sold on. This is the single most important fact about Oman.
- The Executive Regulations to the PIT law were due within one year of publication, roughly by 30 June 2026, and they appear to be late. The details that matter most are still unknown. These include how residence is defined, whether the tax applies to worldwide income or only Omani-source income, and how foreign tax credits will work. For a UHNW family, this scope question is the whole ballgame, and it remains unresolved.
- OMR 500,000 in Omani property is the least liquid real estate bet in the GCC. The market is small, foreign demand is thin, and ownership is restricted under the ITC. The risk sits in the exit, not the entry.
- The 50-Omani-jobs route has no capital minimum, which looks attractive. But it comes with a permanent payroll obligation in a small labour market.
- Claims of a single OMR 200,000 threshold across seven routes circulate widely, but they appear only in low-quality SEO and AI-generated content. UNCTAD, Deloitte and Trowers & Hamlins all state figures of 250k and 500k. Do not quote OMR 200,000 to a client.
- Oman does not permit dual citizenship.