Oman’s Supreme Committee issues new decision on fine exemption

Muscat: Oman’s Supreme Committee on Wednesday announces fine exemption, including exemption from fine for employers to renew expired work licenses for expats outside oman.

In a statement Oman News Agency (ONA) said: The Supreme Committee decides to exempt from fines for all licenses issued by government agencies for the activities that have expired or will expire during the period from June 1, 2020 until December 31, 2021, subject to renewal.

The Supreme Committee decides to exempt from fines for renewing non-Omani manpower cards and related to them, for cards that have expired or will expire during the period from June 1, 2020 until December 31, 2021 for those who leave the Sultanate permanently or perform the renewal process.

The Supreme Committee decides to exempt from fines incurred by all institutions and companies as a result of not renewing their commercial records and licenses, provided that those records and licenses are renewed during the year 2021.

The Supreme Committee decides to allow employers to renew expired work permits for workers outside the Sultanate and to be exempted from fines incurred during the period from June 1, 2020 until December 31, 2021

Exempting small and medium enterprises (Riyada card holders) from the fees for renewing the card for all commercial activities that ended during the year 2021. Especially small and medium enterprises (Riyada card holders) to reschedule loans and without rescheduling fees.

The Supreme Committee decides the following until December 31, 2021: Granting a work permit permission to leave for all categories with the fee determined by category and urging banks and finance companies to cooperate with the affected borrowers

The Supreme Committee decides to exempt small and medium enterprises from registration fees in the Isnad system of the Tender Board, exempt them from usufruct land fees, and postpone the payment of arrears.

The committee decided to postpone the payment of installments for small and medium enterprises for the activities that benefited from financing loans from the Al Raffd Fund (formerly).