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New Work Permit for Golden/ Platinum Visa Holders
Through this service, Golden/ Platinum Visa holders who wish to work can obtain a work permit.
Service Conditions
- The work permit duration for Golden/ Platinum visa holders is for one year or two years.
- Employers will be able to renew the work permit 6 months prior to its expiry.
- If the Golden/ Platinum visa holder already has an existing work permit prior to acquiring the Golden / Platinum visa, then once the work permit is due for renewal, the employer must cancel the existing work permit and apply for the Golden/ Platinum visa holder work permit (Cancellation to be applied via eSupport function via the Expat Management System (EMS)).
- If the Golden/ Platinum visa holder is an investor and is one of the partners on the establishment, he/she does not have to apply for a work permit for Golden/Platinum visa holders.
- If there are no available work permits under the Commercial Registration (CR) according to the Bahrainization percentage, an additional fee for the parallel system will be applied.
Required Attachments
Permit/ Service Application Form PDF (1.39 MB)
- Copy
Applicant's ID card
- Copy
Expatriate employee passport
- Copy
Golden/ Platinum permit
- Copy
Employment Contract
- Copy
- The contract must be in Arabic lnguage on the company’s letterhead or on a government paper.
- It must include the commercial registrations name and number, the duration of the contract, name of the expatriate employee as per passport, passport number, nationality, occupation and salary.
Commercial Registration’s (CR) or deed of property ownership (If the expatriate is an investor)
- Copy
- Commercial Registration’s (CR) extract issued by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) or deed of property ownership instead of the contract copy.
Approval from the concerned entity for specialized professions (Valid)
- Copy
- Engineering and health professions: 6 months
- Educational professions: 2 years
Legal Regulations
- Resolution No. (76) of 2008 regulating work permits for foreigners other than the category of domestic workers and its amendments.
Fees
Service fee:
- BHD 172 : One year
- BHD 344 : Two years
Admin fee:
- BHD 5 : -
Process Time
- 3 working days
Service Provider
Labour Market Regulatory Authority
Service Processes
- Download Permit/ Service Application Form PDF (1.39 MB) and fill in the required information.
- Submit the application form along with the required documents at the Client's Services counters.
- Once the application is submitted, LMRA employee will inform the client that he/ she will need to pay the the admin fees (Either on counter by using the Point of Sale (POS) machine, or via his eKey on the Expat Management System (EMS).
- Upon completion of the admin fees payment, the application will be transferred for verification.
- You can check the application status (whether it has been approved or rejected) by: Calling LMRA's call centre on +973 17506055.
- If the application is approved, the expatriate employee needs to undergo the biometric data collection and then need to pay the work permit fees via the Expat Management System (EMS) or by visiting one of the accredited banks.
