Muscat: The General Directorate of Traffic at the Royal Oman Police (ROP) has published a list of controls and conditions for obtaining a permanent, light private driving license in the Sultanate of Oman.
The conditions are as follows :
1- That the applicant for the license is an Omani and does not have the profession of driving vehicles.
2- A period of no less than 15 years have passed since the applicant obtained a driving license.
3- The applicant should be free from any medical restrictions (disability), with the exception of medical lenses and spectacles.
4- His/her traffic record should be free of first-class violations three years prior to submitting the license application.
"It is also not possible to combine the permanent special light driving license with any driving license from other categories. The permanent special light driving license is withdrawn if any of the aforementioned controls are found to be absent." the Directorate General added.
Obtaining a license not less than 15 years prior to the application, was among the most common conditions for obtaining a permanent, light private driving license.