Work Permit Rules In Bahrain
. Bahrains Labour Market Regulatory Authority LMRA yesterday announced that it will start accepting requests for new work permits starting from August 9th 2020 following its temporary. The expatriate employee must only perform the same job role occupation mentioned in hisher work permit.
Permits can be renewed for 6 months 1 year or 2 years as per the business owner request with the payment of BHD 50 for 6 months BHD 100 for 1 year permit and BHD 200 for 2 years permit Basic Health Care fees for work permit Renewal BHD 36 for 6 months BHD 72 for 1 year permit and BHD 144 for 2 years permit. Bahrain approved new regulations for issuing the Flexible Work Permit in order to optimise the work permit system in a manner that strengthens labour market regulations creates job opportunities for Bahrainis makes citizens the first choice of employment and preserves the rights of workers. Bahrain Ceases Processing New Work Permits from Red List Countries In addition to its earlier suspension of entry for travelers on the red-list or those deemed highest risk due to virus rates andor vaccination access Bahrains Labour Market Regulatory authority has recently announced that it will cease to process any new work permit applications from red list countries.
Working in Bahrain.
Revolution in Work Permits Bahrain takes an innovative step to introduce a type of work permit which is termed as Flexible Work Permits. A foreign employer cannot directly engage employees in Bahrain without being registered under the Commercial Registry in the Ministry of Industry Commerce and Tourism. 2000 workers can benefit from the flexible permit each month. Expatriate employees with expired permits cannot transfer apply for new work permit while in Bahrain after the permits expiration unless they have already registered their Transfer Intention at least 30 days before the work permit expiry.
