1. You may submit an application to exercise a commercial business through the Ministry of Commerce new electronic system – Governmental commercial services – which was initiated in 2006 in order facilitates things to the investors and to speed registration process by applying to the directorate of investors services in the Ministry it self or to the directorates (regional directorates). LINK
2. Investors may submit the following electronic application to the directorate of investor's services (the one station) or any of the directorates / regional directorates related to the ministry.
   1. Applications of trade names booking.
   2. Applications of commercial record issuance.
   3. Other applications related to commercial registration e.g. renewal, increasing capital, and sales registration, etc…
   4. Applications of trade marks registration.
   5. Applications for commercial agencies registration.
   6. Applications for getting commercial approvals (importing licenses, marketing offers), etc…
   7. Industrial licenses applications.
   8. Mining licenses applications.
3. Applications can be submitted to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry or any of the directorates / related regional directorates / finalizing procedures offices / lawyer's offices/ and accountants.
4. The registration officer will input the data using computers through communicating with the investor and the light survey of the required documents.
5. Approval of applications:
   1. Applications which do not require review, auditing, and notifying the investors of the required fees by sms or e-mail address are approved directly.
   2. For applications that will need to be approved or audited by a certain office, the investor will be notified via electronic mail or sms about the application status or the fees to be paid if any.
6. Payment - the fees should be paid through the bank existent in the Ministry's building in Muscat or by the smart card or other banking credit card. Payment is paid through specialized employees in the directorate or the regional directorates belonging to the Ministry.
7. Required certificate and licenses are printed after payment of fees.

List down the documents required for successfully completing the procedure.

e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources
Hotline ‎+968 24 60 07 00
Inquiry line ‎+968 24 60 15 51

Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Tel: +968 24828871 / +968 24828872
Fax: +968 24828000
email: info@moci.gov.om
Po. Box: 550
Location: Way 3505, Ruwi, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Other Offices

Citizens and residents and the business sector.

Explain the fees structure which is required for obtaining the certificate/document.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites. 	
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Any investor can apply to any of the offices belonging to the Ministry of Commerce whether in the main building of the ministry through investors services office or to any of the directorates or the regional directorates buildings in the governorates and other regions in the Sultanate or through procedures finalizing offices / lawyers / accountants / accredited by the ministry, plus completing procedures processing such as fees payment, certificates receipt, and registration licenses.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Please provide the need for the procedure. e.g. Birth Certificate - why do we need to have a birth certificate? 
 

Directorate of Investors Services (One Stop Shop)

The electronic system of the Ministry of Commerce started its work – governmental commercial services – which aimed to use information technology system to limit all approvals regarding the commercial and industrial record, mining, and all other related services form the governmental sides participating in the one station.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

The Official Oman eGovernment Services Portal

More information which might help people.