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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
 

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General Qs
How often will the information in the new cards be updated? My concern is that this card will be like other cards/licenses which bear wrong/obsolete information simply because the authorised gov. departments dont care to update the information even if you fill a form with up-to-date information.
A. Do not worry the new card will contain your updated details and information. Your details are currently available in the database and when you apply for the new card you are required to give your correct information.
 
If Omani national have allready issue ID card,which we use now, is that INFO is enough to secure NEW ID card sytem..??
A. If you already have an ID card, then will be able to get the new one as your current ID Card is about to expire. Your ID information may already be available in the Civil Status database, but nevertheless you will still be required to fill in a new application form, in order to update some of the old information, and also to make sure that all the information we have on file is accurate.
 
What is the Civil Number?
A. The Civil Number is a constant number issued to any person registered in the Civil Register. When dealing with people, all authorities have to enter the Civil Number on their records. The Civil Number is the same number of the present ID card without any change.
 
What are the objectives of the Civil Register?
A. • Make procedures of entering civil status events easier by improving the service quality and enhancing its efficiency; and also by seeking accuracy in data collection and amendments to ensure the highest possible level of security for the citizens as well as the residents. • The Civil Register provides an accurate data base about citizens and residents. This fact contributes to designing future developmental plans and assists ministries and government bodies to get accurate data and statistical information. • The system can be accessed by the other ministries to enhance the level of decision making and introduce the necessary changes.
 
What is a Civil Register?
A. A Civil Register is a system concerned with entering the Civil Status events as birth, marriage, divorce and death. It includes issuing ID cards for Omani nationals and Resident cards for foreigners residing in the Sultanate.
 
What are the functions and tasks of the General Directorate of Civil Status?
A. The functions and tasks of the General Directorate of Civil Status can be summed up as follows: • Enter civil status events of Omani citizens in the Civil Register, and issue certificates pertaining to the events. • Enter records of the births and deaths of foreigners who are residing in the Sultanate and also of their marriages and divorces events if one party of the event is an Omani national, and issue certificates pertaining to the events. • Issue ID cards for the Omani nationals. • Issue Residence cards for the foreigners residing in the Sultanate. • Verify the authenticity of the particulars stated in the applications for licenses to get married to foreigners. • Verify the authenticity of particulars of applicants for recognition or restoration of the Omani citizenship and also particulars of applicants for naturalization. • Enter civil status events of Omani citizens in the Civil Register, and issue certificates pertaining to the events. • Enter on records the births and deaths of foreigners who are residing in the Sultanate and also their marriage and divorce events if one party of the event is an Omani national, and issue certificates pertaining to the events. • Issue ID cards for the Omani nationals. • Issue Residence cards for the foreigners residing in the Sultanate. • Verify the authenticity of the particulars stated in the applications for licenses to get married to foreigners. • Verify the authenticity of particulars of applicants for recognition or restoration of the Omani citizenship and also particulars of applicants for naturalization.
 
 
Births & Deaths
What are the required documents for registering a death?
A. 1. Application form for death registration. 2. Notification from the Ministry of Health. 3. A letter from the sheikh or the chief of the district approved by the wali if the death occurs outside the hospital and no notification could be obtained from the Ministry of Health. 4. Death certificate or any approved certificate issued by a competent authority and endorsed by the embassy or the consulate of Oman in the country where death takes place. 5. ID of the deceased. 6. Signed notification of the informant if the identity of the deceased can not be verified.
 
Who is authorized to report on death?
A. Informants with legal responsibility to report death are: 1. The ascendants, descendants or spouses of the deceased. 2. An adult who is the closest relative of the deceased who was present at the death. 3. An adult who shared the same accommodation with the deceased if the death occurs in that same accommodation. 4. The sheikh or chief of the district. 5. The doctor who checked the deceased. 6. Directors of institutions like hospitals, prisons, quarantines, or other places where death takes place. 7. The attorney general when the death sentence is carried out within twenty-four (24) hours from the time of the execution. 8. Security and Defence units in charge of informing the General Directorate of Civil Status about their soldiers, civilians and volunteers who die or are martyred in or outside the Sultanate.
 
When should a death be reported and registered in the Civil Register?
A. All deaths that occur in the Sultanate and deaths of Omanis that occur abroad are to be reported. Deaths that occurs in the Sultanate must be reported to the Registrar within two (2) weeks from the date of death, and within one (1) month if it occurs outside the Sultanate. A death certificate is to be issued as an attested official document.
 
What are the required documents for entering birth on records and issuing certificates for them?
A. 1. Application form of birth registration. 2. Birth notification from the Ministry of Health. 3. A letter from the sheikh or the chief of the district approved by the wali if the birth occurs outside the hospital and no notification could be obtained from the Ministry of Health. 4. A letter from the competent authority endorsed by the embassy or the consulate of Oman if the birth takes place outside the Sultanate or a birth certificate from the country of birth. 5. Notification of legal marriage from the Ministry of Justice. 6. Birth certificate of the eldest child if the bond of marriage has been over a long period of time but can not be certified by the Ministry of Justice.
 
Who is authorized to report on birth?
A. 1. The father if present. 2. One of the adult closest relatives of the new born who was present at the delivery. 3. An adult occupant of the same house as the mother of the new born. 4. The doctor or any authorized person who delivered the baby. 5. Directors of institutions like hospitals, maternity centers, prisons, quarantines, or other places where the birth takes place. 6. The sheikh or the chief of the district. 7. The mother.
 
When should a birth be reported and registered in the Civil Register?
A. The reporting of births in the Sultanate to the Registrar must be made within two (2) weeks from the date of birth. If the birth takes place whilst abroad, it must be reported within three (3) months from the date of birth to the Omani Mission in the country where the birth takes place or which is the destination of the traveler. If the period of stay in the country where the birth takes place is less than thirty (30) days, the birth may be reported to the Registrar in the Sultanate within not more than fifteen (15) days from the date of return. However, the reporting has to be supported by either a birth certificate or a document issued by the competent authority in that country.
 
 
Marriage & Divorce
do the public have access to the register of marriages that take place in Oman if so, how???
A. The personal details recorded in the Civil Status Record are a secret. The public have no access to them
 
Who is/are authorized to report on marriage or divorce?
A. The husband, the wife, the husband’s father, the wife’s father.
 
When should a marriage or divorce be reported?
A. Marriage or divorces have to be reported within thirty (30) days from the date of the event.
 
 
ID & Resident Card
My Labour card is going to expire on January. Do i have to make a civil card or a labour card like before?
A. Since your visa and current labor card are going to be expired on next January you will get the resident card.
 
I would like to register and get a Resident Card. What should I do please let me know and publish this info on your website. Also, what is the charge for this Resident Card? I am an expat resident in Oman since December 1981. Many thanks, John Raj
A. A resident or an expatriate in the Sultanate will be required to have a Resident Card. This includes those who are employed and those who are not. After completing the relevant procedures at the Ministry of Manpower once your current Labour Card and Visa is about to expire; then all that needs to be done is to bring the required documents to one of the Civil Status Registration Centers, where your new card will be issued. The documents that will be required are: • If the resident works in the Sultanate: 1. Passport. 2. Medical certificate. 3. Copy of the labor card. 4. Two (2) personal photographs. 5.Clearance from the ministery of Manpowr. 6. Complete application form. The sponsor’s data has to be filled by the sponsor himself/herself. 7. For renewal, the expired card has to be handed in. • If the resident does not work (an expatriate’s wife, for example): 1. Passport. 2. Medical checkup. 3. Two (2) personal photographs. 4. Complete application form. • If the expatriate was born in the Sultanate and is fifteen (15) years of age: 1. Personal passport or passport added. 2. Birth certificate. 3. Medical checkup. 4. Two (2) personal photographs. 5. Complete in application form.
 
when will the card system starts? from where we will get the forms? what is the fee for residence card?
A. The resident card will be issued at second quarter of 2004 for the new arriving residents. In 2005 all the residents will get the card. The application form will be available in the transaction offices in the civil registration centers, and soon on the civil status website.
 
what are the charges for the id card and what are the requirement for the id card ?
A. The Omani ID Card will cost RO 5.000 and it will be issued for the Omanis who are above 15 years of age. Required Documents to apply for an ID Card: 1. Application form. 2. Birth certificate and a copy of the passport along with the original passport (for novice applicants). 3. Parents' ID cards if there is no passport. 4. Letter from the sheikh or chief of the district approved by the wali if the passport and the parents ID cards are not available. 5. Medical checkup showing the blood group. 6. Two (2) personal photographs. 7. Delivering the present ID card if it has expired.
 
I am a Pakistani national, working in Oman. How does a resident card differ with a labour card
A. Thank you for your interest and question. First of all, the resident card will be issued for all expats whether they are working or non-working. on second quarter 2004 the resident card will be issued for new arriving residents. On early 2005 it will be issued for all residents residing in Oman. The resident card will include the labor card details so there will be no labour card.
 
For working expatriate, what medical certificate they require? Is the stamped form they have when they go for lablor card medical examination acepatable?
A. the medical check up is the same that is required when you apply for labour card.
 
Whats difference between mdeical certificate and medical check up as informed for working person and expat wife.Where do we procure the same.
A. the medical check up is the same that is required when you apply for labour card.
 
Is it neccessary for all to be registered, example my ID card is exipered in 2006 do I need to wait till it exiper and register this new sytem or I have to register electoronic ID ? thanks and regards, warda
A. You will not be eligible to renew your current ID card with the new electronic ID Card untill it expires.
 
Is there any charges for Resodent Card for Expat?
A. Resident card costs OR10 for working residents and OR 5 for all his family members, who are above 15 years of age.
 
what is the system to get the i d card for expartirates who have laobour card and the investors and the for house wives and children also and where all is it recognised
A. Residents who are currently residing in the Sultanate of Oman will not get the resident card until 2005. At the beginning of second quarter 2004 the Resident Card will be issued to new residents arriving in the Sultanate. All the family members of the expatriate, who are above 15 years and residing with him in Oman, will be eligible for and will be required to get the Resident Card.
 
Should the citizen apply for the new ID card while his/her present one is still valid?
A. The old ID card will continue to be used until it expires. Then the bearer will apply for a new ID card.
 
Will the expiry dates of the integrated ID card and driving license be the same?
A. The dates of issue and expiry of both the ID card and the driving license will be integrated so that their validity starts and expires on the same dates.
 
What are the required documents to apply for a card?
A. 1. Application form. 2. Birth certificate and a copy of the passport along with the original passport. 3. Parents ID cards if there is no passport. 4. Letter from the sheikh or chief of the district approved by the wali if the passport and the parents ID cards are not available. 5. Medical showing the blood group. 6. Two (2) personal photographs. 7. Delivering the present ID card if it has expired.
 
What is the legal age to apply for a card?
A. Article (42) of the Civil Status Law stipulated that any Omani who has attained fifteen (15) years of age should apply for an ID card. This is obligatory for males and optional for females. Every foreigner who is residing in the Sultanate should obtain a Resident card.
 
What features do the ID and Resident cards have?
A. Among their noteable features are: · Computer memory that can store significant amounts of data. · A secure index fingerprinting system. · Multi purpose and usage.
 
 
 
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