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how long usually does it take to go Oman coming from Dubai?
Posted by: admin in Oman Questionshow long usually does it take to go Oman coming from Dubai? What are the easier way to travel? kind of transportation.
I’m planning of applying for work in Dubai, my relatives live in Muscat Oman. How long if by plane? by car? is it difficult to cross borders if I have a working visa in Dubai?
Is there another mode of transportation other than by car if i don’t have one?
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March 6th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
It depends on your destination , Oman territory actually starts with in 30 minutes drive after leaving Dubai if you go towards Hatta , but the actual border check station is 120 KMs later as Hatta is also part of emirate of Dubai. If you continue on to Muscut it is about 4 hours drive. But if you go on other routes such as Dibba/ Fujairah , or Alain Hilli crossing , the time will vary depending on where in Oman you are going. For example a drive to Salalah takes 12 hours from Dubai.
March 6th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Please note the current UAE visa rules: if you enter the UAE on a tourist/visit visa and land a job, you have to leave the UAE again for 30 days and re-enter on an employment visa. Exemptions exits depending on nationality and profession.
After obtaining an UAE residence visa it will depend on your profession if you can obtain an Omani visa up on arrival.
Businessmen, company managers or representatives, auditors, accountants, doctors, engineers or employees working in the public sector, their family members and drivers and servants sponsored by them are eligible for a visa to the UAE up on arrival.
A flight Dubai – Muscat will take around one hour.
You should search/apply for a job in the UAE online while in Oman visiting your relatives on a visit visa or from your home country and then enter the UAE on a 96 hrs visa for interviews if necessary. If you land a job, your employer will obtain an employment visa for you to enter the UAE properly for employment.
Foreigners used to come here on tourist visas obtained from travel agencies and went on visa runs on the bus to Oman (flights not possible with an E-visa). This isn’t allowed no more (but don’t know if all travel agents follow the new law). Many people got stranded in Oman and Kish because they were not allowed to re-enter the UAE.
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Immigration_and_Visas/10248992.html
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080928/NATIONAL/904937733
Anyway: if you land a job online and enter the UAE the proper way on an employment visa, you don’t have to worry about a thing.
Good luck!
March 7th, 2010 at 12:40 am
car is the most economical and easiest way to gettin to oman..
it usually takes 4-5 hrs to reach Ruwi..
and ans for getting the visa.. usually its not a problem at all especially if you have a professional visa…