{"id":6019,"date":"2014-08-16T07:37:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T14:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/?p=6019"},"modified":"2014-12-26T14:58:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T22:58:38","slug":"quick-note-border-formalities-driving-uae-oman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2014\/08\/quick-note-border-formalities-driving-uae-oman\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick Note On Border Formalities Driving from the UAE to Oman"},"content":{"rendered":"

on the Dubai DO with Points Summary<\/a> and Travel Summary<\/a> (and someone else who doesn’t summarize)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

so you want to drive from the UAE to Oman? here are some tips. we crossed over east of Al Ain (UAE) on the way to Sohar (Oman) on highway 7.<\/p>\n

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Of course we all needed to document this.<\/p><\/div>\n

the first stop is the UAE exit. you will get an exit stamp and be required to pay 35 dirhams ($9.53). yes, just like New Jersey, you have to pay to leave<\/a>. you’ll also get a blank customs form (all in Arabic) but we were not sure what to do with it — as it turns out, do nothing.<\/p>\n

entering oman<\/h3>\n

the distance between the UAE border control and the Oman checkpoint is quite far — i thought we were done with everything after paying to leave the UAE (maybe they magically just didn’t care about entry visas\/stamps? lol) but nope, after about 10 minutes we came to another set of guard posts. we were directed to park and go into a large building, which we discovered functions as a sort of welcome center.<\/p>\n

there are ATMs, a tourist information booth, toilets (squat, mind you), an Omantel SIM card kiosk (which was closed when we went), and most importantly, a visa counter.<\/p>\n

you will need to get a form from the counter — easy enough to fill out, with your passport details and your address in Oman. return it and pay the visa fee (5 rial, $12.99, for visits of 10 days or less). NOTE NOTE NOTE they only take credit card.<\/strong> also, the rial is so highly valued<\/a> they use three decimal places, so your credit card slip will say 5.000 — that’s not 5,000 rial, that’s just 5.<\/p>\n

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Oman, where the currency is so valued that they need three decimal places. pic.twitter.com\/ppF2ELvoSD<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jonathan Khoo (@jonk) August 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n