Moving and Customs / personal belongings

• Hi everyone,
  
  I am in the process of packing our personal belongings for the move to join my husband in Oman.
  
  It is quite a scary task packing things when you are unsure if they will make it into Oman or not.
  
  Does anyone have any experience in taking their personal belongings into Oman and encountering problems with customs.
  
  Some of the questions that I have are:
  - Are there any taxes or duties payable on the goods we take in if they are personal possessions ie tv, dvd player, toys, bicycles, crockery etc;
  - What happens if something is deemed not suitable to enter Oman ie a game, a picture, a cd, a dvd - do they confiscate it or are you made to pay a fine
  
  I hope there is someone out there that could share their experiences with me and hopefully put my mind at rest.
  
  Any comments / replies would be appreciated.
  
  Thanks,
  Sandra

  29 May 2007, 04:30 Sandra

Replies

• Moving to Oman

  Sandra - unless you are bringing porno, liquor, or pork into the country in your shipment, you shouldn't have any trouble. They actually checked our goods, and didn't confiscate anything. The local authorities are pretty good. Unless you are bringing new and expensive items in, you won't pay any duty - at least we didn't.
  
  Enjoy Oman!

  Tom 13 Jun 2007, 01:41 - Report

• moving to oman

  well just like sandra i have a lot of questions, like is it practical to bring kids with me in oman, ill be working as med rep...will earn 250 omani as they offer,,family accomodation and transport allowance....help me to decide

  liander 05 Feb 2008, 05:45 - Report

• 250 omani?

  Not for sure what you mean, but if that is monthly that is not very much to live on especially with children. If you have a husband working there making more than its ok.

  jude 18 Jun 2008, 12:09 - Report

• hi

  looking into moving to oman as a registered nurse wanting to know where to start looking for schools and jobs and is it easy going there as asingle woman. thanks jodie

  jodie 22 Nov 2008, 01:27 - Report

• I'm also moving to Oman

  hi, i'm moving to Oman with two children as my husband work is taking him there fore 2-3 years. I'm wondering what to take. Is it generally worth the cost of shipping furniture, crockery, glass ware etc or getting it out there? Thanks Sarah

  sarah boylan 23 Jan 2009, 03:05 - Report