Oman · Residency by investment
Oman Golden and Silver Residency Programme
Originally launched 2021; RELAUNCHED 31 August 2025 through the Invest Oman platform with new routes and branding. Thresholds survived the relaunch. Permits issued by the Royal Oman Police.
Self-sponsored, presence-free, and it includes dependent parents. But it now carries a structural problem no other Gulf programme has: you are buying a 10-year permit into a jurisdiction that has already legislated to start taxing personal income in 2028, before your permit expires.
Qualifying routes
OMR 500,000 (roughly USD 1.3m) in an LLC or public joint-stock company, or in government bonds. 10 years, renewable.
Property of at least OMR 500,000. 10 years, renewable.
Establish a company employing 50 or more Omani nationals — no minimum capital requirement. 10 years.
OMR 250,000 (roughly USD 650,000) in company investment or property. 5 years, renewable.
Expatriates aged 60+ with OMR 4,000 per month in fixed income qualify for a 5-year extended residence permit
The facts
- Minimum investment
- 250k OMR
- Total landed cost
- Application fees of OMR 551 (roughly USD 1,430) for Golden and OMR 326 (roughly USD 847) for Silver, plus the underlying investment
- Timeline
- 1–3 months — No published statutory service standard
- Physical presence
- None — a genuine differentiator against Qatar's 90-day expectation
- Family
- spousechildrendependent parents — both tiersdomestic staff
- Permanent residency
- None — renewable 5 or 10-year permits only
- Citizenship
- None realistically
- Language test
- Not applicable
- Dual citizenship
- Not permitted — you would have to renounce
- Requirements
- qualifying investment or propertyclean criminal recordhealth insuranceproof of fundsbank statements
- The 2028 personal income tax and a 10-year permit are a live mismatch. A client onboarding today at OMR 500,000 is buying a permit that outlives the tax-free premise it was sold on. This is the single most important fact about Oman.
- The Executive Regulations to the PIT law were due within one year of publication — by roughly 30 June 2026 — and appear overdue. The operative detail (residence definition, whether worldwide or Omani-source income is taxed, foreign tax credits) is STILL UNKNOWN. The scope question is the whole ballgame for a UHNW family and it is unresolved.
- OMR 500,000 in Omani property is the least liquid real-estate bet in the GCC: a small market, a thin foreign bid, and ITC-restricted ownership. Exit is the risk, not entry.
- The 50-Omani-jobs route has no capital minimum, which looks attractive — but it is a permanent payroll obligation in a small labour market.
- Widely-circulated claims of a 'unified OMR 200,000 threshold across seven routes' appear only in low-quality SEO and AI-generated content. UNCTAD, Deloitte and Trowers & Hamlins all state 250k/500k. Do not quote OMR 200,000 to a client.
- Dual citizenship is not permitted in Oman.