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.
The ROP clarified that in order to obtain the license, the applicant must be Omani, and not working as a driver of any other type of vehicle. No less than 15 years must have passed since obtaining the license. The applicant must also not have any health restrictions such as a disability, with the exception of medical lenses and glasses.
ROP added that the applicant is required to have a traffic record free of any violations of the first category, during the previous 3 years before submitting the application.
The Directorate noted that the permanent license will be withdrawn if any of the aforementioned conditions are found to be absent. It is also not possible to combine the permanent special light driving license with any other licenses from another category.