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The civil register issues death certificates for Omani citizens here and abroad. As for the Omani citizen residing outside the Sultanate, he can record a death through Oman's embassies and consulates in brotherly and friendly countries. In the past, the death certificate was issued by the Ministry of Health and registered in its records. In the meantime, the certificate is recorded in the system of the civil register and issued by the Royal Oman Police to avoid any duplication of extra security measures to protect it from fraud and forgery.

Made of paper and the data is entered by hand.

Made of special type of paper with high security standards and laminated with plastic. The data is typed by computer.

It contains comprehensive personal and death data which are not essential.

They are few and organized including: data about the deceased, data about the date of death, place and reasons and data about the issuance.

There is room to change or modify some data since it is written by hand.

It is difficult to forge the certificate or tamper with it.

It gets issued within hours but it is a must to come on the next day for the follow up.

It takes around 15 minutes.

After the application form is filled at the health institution, it has to be endorsed by the health directorate after which the data is registered in special medical records. The certificate is issued by hand without a transparent cover to protect it from damage.

In the modern way, the employer sits in front of the employee to ensure confidentiality of the data. First, the data is checked. Then, the data is entered into the system and finally the certificate is issued. It is issued electronically and laminated with a transparent layer of plastic to protect the data.