Family residency permit granted to promote family stability of Bahrainis

Family residency permit granted to promote family stability of Bahrainis

Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, directs to grant entry visas and family residency permits to promote family stability of Bahrainis. The decision allows the NPRA to issue entry visas and family residency permits to close relatives of the wives of Bahraini men or husbands of Bahraini women. According to the decision, the applicant should be Bahraini, the foreigners should be of good conduct and have valid health insurance in Bahrain throughout the stay periods. The Interior Ministry Undersecretary said that the decision includes the mechanisms to apply for the permit through the Visas and Residency Directorate by filling out a form and attaching it with documents to prove the relationship. The decision highlighted: “Anyone who obtained a residence permit by the provisions of this decision shall leave the Kingdom of Bahrain and return to it during the validity period of the residence permit,” He pointed out that the permit is cancelled if the stay of the foreigner would harm security, general order and national interests, or if proven that he obtained the permit by providing false information or documents. If the permit is cancelled or terminated, the foreigners are given 14 days to quit Bahrain. The