What to check, what to prepare and what to expect on this route. Every official name and link below comes from a government or ILO page we read; we say plainly where there is none.
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW)
The DMW licenses and regulates private recruitment agencies that deploy Filipino workers overseas.
How to check: Look the agency up in the DMW list of licensed recruitment agencies, and check that its licence is not cancelled or suspended.
Open the official list ↗ Official site ↗ Our guide for Philippines →
Every candidate completes the same intake checklist. Your source country adds its own clearances on top. The destination side (visa type, medical, attestation) depends on the employer and your role, and your specialist confirms what currently applies.
Ministry of Labour
The ministry that oversees private-sector employment and work permits in Oman.
Call centre 80077000, shown on the ministry homepage; labour complaints are filed through its online service (read 8 October 2026)
Last checked 29 September 2026. Links go to official sites we do not control; treat each site as the authority, not this page.
What the government and the ILO publish, in plain words. Laws change: your contract and the official page always win over this summary.
Recruitment agencies are prohibited from charging fees to workers (Labour Law, Royal Decree No. 53/2023).
ILO factsheet: Oman, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)An employer may not keep a worker's passport or identity documents except with the worker's written permission.
ILO factsheet: Oman, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)The contract must be drafted in Arabic in two original copies, one for each party; if it is in another language, an Arabic copy must be attached.
ILO factsheet: Oman, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Wages must be paid at least monthly through the Wage Protection System to an accredited bank, within seven days of the end of the period.
ILO factsheet: Oman, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)The working day is eight hours up to 40 hours a week, with two consecutive rest days a week. Overtime is paid at basic salary plus 25 per cent by day and 50 per cent by night, and 100 per cent on rest days or public holidays (or a day off in lieu).
ILO factsheet: Oman, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Annual leave is 30 days of paid leave after six months of service, and the employer pays the return air ticket for the worker to spend that leave in their home country.
ILO factsheet: Oman, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Since 2019 a Unified Health Insurance Policy requires the employer to provide private medical insurance to employees.
ILO factsheet: Oman, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Oman's Social Protection Law (Royal Decree 52/2023, issued 19 July 2023) gradually brings migrant workers into national social insurance for maternity and paternity benefits, sickness and employment injury, on the same terms as Omani workers.
ILO: Far-reaching reforms in Oman set new benchmark for social protectionThe law replaces the end-of-service indemnity system with a national provident fund, with the changes phased in over three years.
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Checked against the linked pages on 2026-09-30. This is general information, not legal advice.
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Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). Look the agency up in the DMW list of licensed recruitment agencies, and check that its licence is not cancelled or suspended.
Ministry of Labour. The ministry that oversees private-sector employment and work permits in Oman.
Every candidate completes the same intake checklist: Passport (First Page), Passport (Last Page), Photograph, CV, Education Certificate, Health Declaration, Consent. Philippines adds: Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC), OWWA membership, NBI police clearance. The destination side (visa type, medical, attestation) depends on the employer and your role, and your specialist confirms what currently applies.
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