UAE residents’ new payment option for visa at Oman border

Travel between Oman and the UAE has been made a little easier, as financial transactions at the border can now be made with a Visa credit card.

Royal Oman Police (ROP) has recently introduced credit card payment in all its offices and this includes the border posts, confirmed an ROP source.

Travellers now have the option to pay in cash or with a credit card for their visa, which is priced Dh200 for general visitors and Dh50 for UAE residents.

The credit card payment option is available at all border points between Oman and the UAE, of which Hatta is the most visited border crossing.

In the same direction lie the Al Ain/Buraimi border and the Khatmat Malahi border, while residents from Fujeirah are more likely to enter Oman at the Wajajah border. In the north the UAE is bordering another part of Oman, with border points at Khasab and Dibba.

Every year, thousands of residents and visitors cross the UAE-Oman border for tourism purposes, short trips or the so-called visa run, which enables a visitor to the UAE to renew his visitor’s visa for another 30 days or to come back on a residency permit, which requires the person to exit the country first.

For the latter category, Omani visa is required too, as the person must officially leave the UAE by entering another country. However, a special fee applies of Dh50 for visa run travellers.

If the ‘visa runner’ is accompanied by another person, another visa must be acquired by the accompanying visitor.

Moreover, when traveling by car, an Omani car insurance must be purchased at the border, even if the trip is made to cross the border only.

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