The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) issued a statement saying they are ready to use their fingerprint database to help identify expatriates.The statement was made in light of Mr Halim’s death. The identity of the deceased was not available initially as he did not have a CPR or other identification. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Expatriates
Employment in Bahrain ‘up during unrest’
Employment among Bahrainis increased during the height of the unrest, according to a new report from the kingdom’s Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA).A total of 141,263 were in work between January and April, an increase of 2.1 per cent compared with the same period last year, figures released by LMRA show. Continue reading
Visit LMRA only for missing fingerprints
Bony Mascarenhas
More than 50 per cent expatriates have unnecessarily been lining up to register their fingerprints and other biometric information at the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), an official yesterday said. Continue reading
Filipino repatriated after overstaying
By ANIQA HAIDER , Posted on » Tuesday, November 23, 2010
A Filipino worker has been repatriated after overstaying his Bahrain work visa by nine years.The man was allowed to leave without paying huge immigration penalties and serving any time in prison thanks to the government’s Easy Exit scheme. Continue reading
Visa health tests to be speeded up
By SANDEEP SINGH GREWAL , Posted on » Monday, October 18, 2010
EXPAT employees should get their work visas faster after private hospitals and clinics were given the green light to conduct mandatory pre-employment medical tests.The tests, which also cover family members, used to be conducted solely at Al Razi Health Centre, Al Nuaim. Continue reading
4,500 illegal Bangladeshis leave kingdom
More than 4,500 illegal Bangladeshis have left Bahrain under a government amnesty launched four months ago, it emerged yesterday. Another 1,000 are in the process of leaving after registering for the Labour Market Regulatory Authority’s (LMRA) Easy Exit scheme, said Bangladesh Embassy first secretary Muhammad Ibrahim. Continue reading
Other side of the coin
Business owners in Bahrain feel vindicated and they face problems with contradictory laws seemingly passed every day.They feel they are harassed, blackmailed and ill treated by authorities. It sounds a bit absurd as we expatriates are always at the receiving end when it comes to harassment, blackmailing and ill treatment. Continue reading
Hundreds of illegal expatriates arrested
Inspection raids aimed at reducing the number of expatriates working illegally in Bahrain have netted 1,416 people in the first six months of this year.Nearly 6,000 inspection raids were conducted by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) alone in the first half of 2010 which resulted in 329 employers being sanctioned for hiring expatriates without valid work visas. Continue reading
39 illegal workers repatriated
Thirty-Nine Filipino workers working illegally in Bahrain have been allowed to return home. They were sent back on Sunday as part of the Philippine government’s “Mass Repatriation Programme” in co-operation with immigration authorities and the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA). Continue reading
‘Roadshows a big success’
Roadshows conducted by the Indian Community Relief Fund (ICRF) to create awareness on the LMRA Easy Exit scheme were wellattended, with large numbers of expatriates enquiring how to avail of the scheme, an official of the Fund said. Continue reading