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Oman Golden Residency is a separate official route—not a company-package upgrade.
Use the official Golden Residency programme to confirm current categories, thresholds, documents and application steps. Keep it separate from ordinary company-linked investor residence.
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What is Oman Golden Residency?
It is an official long-term residency programme with its own current categories and criteria. The programme—not a company-formation page—controls eligibility. A normal company-linked residence route should not be described as Golden Residency, and forming a company does not automatically qualify an applicant for the long-term programme.
Decision path
Verify the official route before preparing documents
Thresholds and categories can change. Read the current official programme for the applicant's route.
- 01
Choose the official category
Identify the investment or qualifying route shown by the current programme.
- 02
Confirm the applicant and asset facts
Match ownership, valuation, holding or other programme evidence to the chosen category.
- 03
Check family and validity details
Use the official route for dependant and duration conditions rather than assuming parity.
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Prepare traceable evidence
Keep identity, ownership, valuation, payment and source records consistent.
- 05
Separate business implementation
If a company is also required, scope its activity, licensing, bank and tax work independently.
What changes the answer
Do not mix two different residence decisions
| Question | Golden Residency | Company-linked residence |
|---|---|---|
| Controlling criteria | Official long-term programme category | Current company and applicant route |
| Company required? | Depends on the selected programme category | Company relationship forms part of the route |
| Evidence | Category-specific investment or qualifying evidence | Company, applicant and authority evidence |
| Price source | Official programme and case costs | Written service quotation and authority costs |
| Decision maker | Official programme authorities | Relevant residence authorities |
Eligibility boundary
No website calculator should declare Golden Residency eligibility from one amount or asset description. Confirm the live official category and obtain case-specific review.
Customer questions
Answers to confirm before you commit
Start with these answers, then confirm what applies to your activity, people and plans in your written quotation.
Does buying a company-formation package include Golden Residency?
No. The published packages describe company formation and the listed investor-residence processing scope. Golden Residency is a separate official programme.
What is the current investment threshold?
Use the official programme linked below. This page deliberately avoids freezing a threshold that may change or applying it without the complete category conditions.
Can family members be included?
Check the current official dependant rules for the selected category and each applicant. Do not assume ordinary residence and Golden Residency use identical conditions.
Can Setup in Oman guarantee approval?
No. The official authority decides. Support can cover route scoping and document preparation only within a written scope.
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