Directorate General of Civil Status

DGCS

The Civil Status project is a state-of-the-art system designed to store and retrieve data through the largest database in the Sultanate known as the Civil Register. It includes data on births, deaths, marriages and divorces in the Sultanate. It also includes data on identity cards for Omanis and residence cards for residents.

The system links all 12 civil status centers throughout the Sultanate. It is operated by a well-qualified cadre and backed by sophisticated computer systems. The system makes sure that the applications are speedily processed for the convenience of the applicants.

The civil status project impact on Society:

1-Civil Status project offers many jobs for Omani who have higher education certificates in different majors included IT major. It also absorbed a large number of police officers graduated from the police academy.

2-It saves citizens and residents effort by giving the ability to complete the transaction of Id and resident card issuance and birth and death certificates in one stop shop which is civil status centers that are located in different regions of the Sultanate.

3-It provides accurate population and accurate information database about social events that help the government and private institutions in planning for economic and developmental activities and projects that benefit citizens and as well as residents.

The civil register in the Sultanate of Oman (National Registration System (NRS)) is an integrated computer system designed to store, process and retrieve data when needed. The idea first took root in the early nineties in the erstwhile Ministry of Development. A working paper on the proposal was presented to the Council of Ministers outlining the ideal of a national civil register to store and retrieve all the particulars of citizens and residents in the sultanate. In 9993, the Council of Ministers issued Decision 22/93 approving the proposal centering on the identity card system. By its very nature it represented the biggest civil database and served as a basis for creating a comprehensive civil register. Thus, with the issuance of the Royal Decree 66/99, the D.G of civil Status was established and entrusted with the civil register.

Registration of particulars in the civil register is mandatory for Omanis and residents of the Sultanate. The main particulars for entry in the civil register are: Name-gender-age- marital status-nationality-address- telephone numbers-civil number-educational level-occupation.

Given the vision of the General Directorate of Civil Status to be the national source of civil events that enhances comprehensive development of the Sultanate, and in accordance with its objectives of recording such civil events, the objectives of the Civil Register are summed up as follows:

• Ensure an accurate data base about the population of Oman.

• Save an authorities’ time and efforts to obtain information through the introduction of a civil number issued for every citizen and resident in Oman.

• Provide accurate information about social events as birth, marriage, divorce and death.

Civil Register ensures an accurate data base about the population of Oman

• Facilitate learning about the demographic distribution countrywide, the rate of the social change and social status trends.

• Facilitate study and research procedures for social development and the handling of negative aspects.

• Provide easy access to the system by other ministries to enhance the standard of decision-making and carry out any required studies.

For the Citizen:

1. Entry in the Civil Register asserts the identity of the individual and protects his/her rights_ lineage, possessions, heritage, etc…, and prevents others from treating them illegally.

2. To act as the sole authority to enter all the civil events and issue the pertinent certificates including the ID card and the Resident card for the foreigners.

3. Enhancing the level of the service offered to the public with more focus on excellence and the reduction of procedures.

Civil Register supplies accurate statistics of every civil event

For Society:

Civil Register provides the concerned authorities with accurate population-related information

1. Removing the dual centralization to enter the four civil events heretofore mentioned and issue the related certificates in addition to the issuance of ID cards for Omanis and Resident cards for foreigners residing in Oman as well as data accuracy and improvement.

2. Easy accumulation, storage and retrieval of civil data and keeping confidentiality.

3. Establish demographic database to provide the concerned authorities with accurate population-related information and help prepare essential statistics about the population and the demographic distribution. Both the government institutions and the private sector would benefit from such a database for their future project planning which would invigorate the economic and developmental activity in the Sultanate.

4. The electronic link would help government institutions make transactions easier. The Civil Number, that each citizen and resident would be issued, would enable the concerned authorities to have easy access to personal information available in the Civil Register data base.

5. The Civil Register would provide a tremendous data base including civil events of birth, marriage, divorce and death in the Sultanate. It would also supply accurate statistics of every civil event, which would effectively contribute to determine social mobility. Social studies and research would doubtless benefit from the wealthy of information related to the four civil events.

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Directorate General of Civil Status, P.O Box 871, PC 111, Tel. 24521951/24521864, Fax. 24521927