GCC stands for the Gulf Cooperation Council which is the political and economic alliance of 6 Middle Eastern countries including, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman, and GAMCA stands for GCC Approved Medical Centers Association. These medical centers are globally widespread and you have to visit one of these centers in India for a medical examination when you need to travel to a GCC country or when you opt for a work visa in any of the GCC countries. Other countries like Canada also have its own medical requirements for immigration.
The GCC countries are slowly becoming popular work destinations for expatriates because they’re developing at very high speeds and are in need of extra manpower from other countries to help keep up the steady pace of development. The GAMCA medical test for Oman is a medical test conducted as per the GCC medical laws, and it is very important to clear the medical test to get a work visa for Oman. You have to bear in mind that if you are deemed unfit in this test, then you will be banned from getting a work visa to any of the Gulf countries for a lifetime.
The GCC states have made GAMCA tests mandatory to make sure that the expats coming to their country for a job are physically fit for the job they have enrolled for, and also to ensure that they are free from any infectious diseases and other diseases that may pose a threat to the safety of the Gulf society.
The first and foremost step towards getting the GAMCA medical test for Oman done is for the job seeker to locate a GAMCA center, and get a GAMCA slip. The GAMCA slip is free of cost and has a validity of 60 days, which means you will have to get all the medical tests done within this period. The GAMCA slip carries information about the name and contact details of the affiliated medical center, so you will have to visit the same center for getting all the required tests done. Your original passport is the only document required to obtain a GAMCA slip, but you will have to visit the center personally as your fingerprints and photos will be taken at the center.
The original GAMCA slip along with its photocopy and 5 passport-size photographs with a blue background is required as per the Omani rule. Your photograph and fingerprints are once again taken at the medical center for cross-verification with the GAMCA center.
The GAMCA medical test list for Oman is a mixture of laboratory tests along with the physical examination.
And the past history of any major surgery and any drug allergy is noted down.
The whole medical testing procedure will take about 1 to 2 hours depending on how busy the center is on the day you choose to go for the medical examination.
The tests will approximately cost Rs. 3800 per individual and an acknowledgement slip will be given at the medical center. The medical report will be produced by the center usually on the next working day, and you can either collect the reports personally or send any known person along with the acknowledgement slip to collect the report.
As mentioned earlier, a person who receives a ‘Medically Unfit’ report will be banned for a lifetime from entering any of the GCC countries. Here are some of the reasons that could make a person medically unfit to enter Oman and other Gulf countries:
So, anybody wanting to get a clean chit in the GAMCA medical test for Oman should ensure that they don’t have any clinical signs or lab evidence of the conditions mentioned above. Patients with high blood pressure and diabetes should keep the condition under control. If you suffer from anemia, pneumonia, malaria, filariasis, leprosy, psoriasis, heart failure, hernia, hydrocele or jaundice, please get treated for these conditions before you go for the medical testing. Almost all these conditions can be cured, except if you have old scars on your lungs that become evident in the chest X-Ray.
List of GAMCA Approved Medical Centres in India
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