Issue of Muscat visas by British officers

This file relates to the rules for issuing visas for entry into Muscat. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Visit of Dr Jules Barthoux of the Paris Natural History Museum to Dhufar [Dhofar] for scientific purposes
• Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur's instruction that only the following persons should be granted a visa without reference to the Muscat Government: staff and family members of the British Consulate, Cable & Wireless Limited, Gray, Mackenzie & Company Limited and the British Bank of Iran and the Middle East
• The Sultan's opposition to any transit visas being issued
• Unexplained issue of visas to a group of 20 Pakistani pilgrims
• The Sultan's assertion that subjects of the Trucial States only need a letter signed by their ruling Sheikh, and Britain's concern that this discredits the documents issued by the Political Officer
• Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah's objection to new visa rules for Muscat
• British Indian Steam Navigation Company Limited's tickets to Gwadur [Gwadar]
• Visa rules for residents of Gwadar
• Process for obtaining No Objection Certificates
• Copy of a residence permit, which the Muscat authorities are now inserting with a rubber stamp in the passports of foreigners residing in Muscat