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The Sultanate of Oman has announced its intention to offer residence visas for five or ten years to foreign investors, starting from next September.<\/p>\n

Within the economic stimulus plan, investors and foreign workers in Oman will be granted long-term residence, the Ministry of Commerce explained.<\/p>\n

The Ministry announced the “Investment Residency Programme (IRP)” to support the efforts to enhance the investment environment in the Sultanate and attract quality investments.<\/p>\n

With a population of 4.6 million people, more than 40% of whom are foreigners, Oman has been hit hard by the drop in crude oil prices since 2014.<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s economy has also been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

While seeking to diversify its economy saw its gross domestic product shrink by 6.4 percent in 2020, the government debt rose to 81% of GDP, compared to 60% in 2019, according to the International Monetary Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last April, IMF revised its forecast for Oman’s growth rate in 2021 from an 0.5% contraction to a growth of 1.8% this year.<\/p>\n

At the time, a report by Fitch Ratings had stated that the next three years will be a critical test of the financing resilience that Oman has shown in the past.<\/p>\n

Fitch expected a large fiscal deficit for the Sultanate’s budget with the maturity of external debts, between $12 billion and $14 billion annually in the period 2020-2022.<\/p>\n

Sector privatization<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In another context, the Oman might privatize some of its strategic sectors. This would give Italian companies wishing to benefit from the Sultanate’s potentials a series of opportunities.<\/p>\n

Last year, the government established the Oman Investment Authority after merging two sovereign wealth funds: the State General Reserve Fund and the Oman Investment Fund.<\/p>\n

The Oman Investment Authority will manage the wealth of government companies, with the exception of the Petroleum Development Oman by planning their investments at the internal level.<\/p>\n

According to recent IMF data, the tax deficit in Oman has widened to reach 17.3% of GDP.<\/p>\n

This deficit was financed by the government through the issuance of international bonds and withdrawals from bank deposits and sovereign funds, in addition to the proceeds of the privatization process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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