Oman has lifted an arrival ban on 18 countries, giving immense relief to hundreds of expatriates who were stranded in their countries for over two months. The arrival ban, which was imposed in June, included India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, countries which were home to most of the stranded expatriates.

The country’s official committee responsible for Covid-19 has stipulated a condition for arrivals coming back to the country.

“The arriving passengers from those countries must be vaccinated with two doses and the last dose is required to be at least 14 days ahead of the estimated arrival time to Oman. All arriving passengers will be quarantined for seven days from the day of arrival,” a statement from the committee said.