All visa holders can now enter Oman

All visa holders will be allowed to enter the Sultanate, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced.

The CAA said that the decision was taken after coordination with the concerned authorities.

On April 7, 2021, the authority issued a circular restricting the entry into the Sultanate to Omani citizens and holders of residency visas issued until April 5 only. Over the past few months, Oman has witnessed an unprecedented spike in infections, which caused the government to sound the alarm.So far, the country of almost five million people, has reported 176,668 cases including 1,821 deaths.