Job visa fees for expatriate workers have been increased by 50 per cent, the Ministry of Manpower has announced.
The new fee structure will come into effect soon, according to the official, who said it will become law when it is published in the official gazette.
The change in fee structure was announced by the Ministry of Manpower on its official twitter account.
“Currently for workers in private sector, to obtain a job visa and renewing the same, the sponsor should pay OMR201. Now, it has been increased to OMR301,” officials said.
According to the government’s latest data, there are 1,824,282expatriate workers in Oman.
For domestic workers, camel herders and farm workers, the fees have also changed, the ministry official said.
“For domestic workers, it is different. To recruit up to three workers, for each worker it is OMR141, and to recruit the fourth domestic worker, the sponsor should pay OMR241. Moreover, if the employer is going to keep all four domestic workers and renew all four visas for two more years, then the employer should pay OMR241 for each worker,” the official added.
According to the official, job visas for three expatriate farmers and camel herders under the same employer will be OMR201 for each.
“However, for the fourth recruit, it will be OMR301,” the official said, adding that if the employer is going to keep all four domestic workers and renew all four visas for two more years, then the employer should pay OMR0301 for each worker.
“To update information on the nature of the worker status an OMR5 will be charged as fee and the same as well as for switching sponsors,” the official said, adding that the decisions will come out soon in the gazette.
Source: TimesOfOman