Foreigners planning to do businesses in Oman for various trading and manufacturing business activities mostly prefer Omani LLC. The registration processes are as follows:

1. Name Reservation

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) will approve the name for your company. A new company cannot have the same name as the existing company. Also MCI requires a higher starting share capital for companies with certain words, such as “Oman”, in their name. The name should consist of any word or name of the partners of the company without misleading the Company’s objectives.

2. MCI Application This involves preparing and submitting the following documents:

• • • Foreign Shareholder Documents: Each shareholder (if a corporate entity) must provide its constitutional documents, certificate of incorporation, board resolution and power of attorney
    • Omani Shareholder Documents: Each shareholder must provide an MCI computer printout, certificate of registration, authorized signatory form and Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) certificate and shareholders’ resolution
    • A constitutive contract and an authorized signatory form, which forms a part of the constitutional documents of an LLC
    • Bank Certificate: This is obtained from a bank in Oman and is used as evidence of compliance with the LLC’s capital requirements

3. OCCI Registration

This is the most important step in the registration process and is obtained immediately after the MCI completes the registration examination of your company and approves the certificate.

4. Other Approvals

Approvals depending on the LLC’s intended business activities, further governmental approvals may be required.

5. Post-Registration

Once the LLC registration is approved, and you get all the necessary Certificates from the Ministry, you will then need to organize and obtain:

• • • A municipality license
    • Tax registration
    • Registration with the Royal Oman police
    • Registration with the Ministry of Manpower, to apply for labor clearances and visas
    • Import/export license, depending on the nature of the business
    • Industrial, Environmental and other permits and licenses, depending on the nature of the business

• • • Copy of passport or identity cards of shareholders
    • Copy of passport or identity cards of all intended authorized signatories
    • Approved authorized signatory form, with names and sample signatures of each authorized signatory reproduced.
    • Standard company registration forms, including constitutive contract and Articles of Association
    • Application for specific licenses depending on the company’s activities
    • Certificate of initial capital deposit from the bank

For Lease Agreement

• • • Company lease agreement
    • Company statutes including memorandum and articles of incorporation
    • Chamber of Commerce and Industry affiliation certificate
    • Agency Certification, if applicable

Management

• • • Management of LLC can be executed by one or more managers who maybe or maybe not partners of the company.
    • Managers can appointed for a limited or indefinite period.
    • Managers can execute all activities mentioned in the Company’s Objectives or else limitations have to be set by Company’s MOA or any agreements registered in the Commercial Register.