ABU DHABI: GCC immigration chiefs are expected to approve a single visa application system.
The planned visa will enable visitors to tour all the six member countries, Kuwaiti General Administration for Immigration director-general Brig Kamel Al Awadhi said yesterday on the sidelines of the 24th meeting of GCC immigration chiefs.
Officials will also adopt an overture to give foreign residents in GCC countries a “double residency permit” in order to allow them to study and open offices in any member country.
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How much longer?
I have been trying for my wife’s visa for the last three-and-a-half months. But I am hugely disappointed by the way things work here.
For the first one month, I wasn’t able to apply because my information wasn’t updated on the LMRA website.
When I was finally able to apply, the LMRA abruptly changed the rule, making it compulsory for the wife’s passport to bear the husband’s name, and my wife’s visa was rejected.
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Scrap LMRA fees say contractors
By MANDEEP SINGH,
CONTRACTORS yesterday called for immediate scrapping of the BD10 monthly fee imposed on employers for every expatriate they employ.
It comes as the latest Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) deadline to employers to pay or lose their visas ended last night.
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Bosses face new LMRA deadline
By MANDEEP SINGH
EMPLOYERS in Bahrain have until Wednesday to pay outstanding fees to the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), or risk having all their foreign workers’ visas cancelled.
The measure will also include employers who have failed to register and update their information, as well as those who have not renewed their employees’ expired work visas, said LMRA chief executive Ali Radhi.
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Expat workforce at record high
By SOMAN BABY
THE number of foreign workers in Bahrain shot up by a record 18.8 per cent in the first quarter of this year, over the same time last year.
The figure soared by 71,000 over the same quarter last year, Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) officials announced at a Press conference.
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DATE WITH HISTORY
MANAMA: Bahrain will make regional history on August 1 by scrapping the sponsorship system. Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi revealed the date after attending a multi-party meeting convened by Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) chairman Dr Essam Fakhro.
The new-look law governing work contracts will be subjected to periodic assessment to evaluate its viability.
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Hats off to LMRA!
I am out of words to express how much I am impressed with the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA).
Everyone said a no-sponsorship system means employees ditching employers and it wouldn’t work. But LMRA has pointed out it actually will. Continue reading
LMRA defies the bosses on visas
By SOMAN BABY, Posted on » Tuesday, May 05, 2009
BAHRAIN is determined to scrap the sponsorship system for foreign workers within three months, despite objections from employers, it declared yesterday.
The new law is to comply with international human rights standards and will be enforced, says Labour Minister and Labour Market Regulatory Authority chairman Dr Majeed Al Alawi. Continue reading
Bosses call off LMRA protests
Bosses call off LMRA protests
By MANDEEP SINGH, Posted on » Monday, April 13, 2009
OPPONENTS to a tax on foreign workers have called off their weekly protests, but now hope to recruit thousands of Bahraini bosses into their campaign.
Private businesses were expected to resume their protest outside the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) for the fourth Sunday running yesterday.
SCRAP LMRA CALL
By GEOFFREY BEW, Posted on » Sunday, April 05, 2009
MANAMA: Businessmen yesterday called for the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) to be axed during a workshop held to discuss private sector reforms.
The demand came during heated discussions between traders and government officials at the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI). Continue reading