By SOMAN BABY
THE number of expatriates registered with the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) during the first six days of its enrolment festival has crossed 32,000. The total number of expats enrolled with LMRA has now reached 287,460, said.
LMRA e-services and public relations manager Waheed Al Balushi.
By SOMAN BABY
NEARLY 19,000 expatriates registered with the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) during the first four days of its enrolment festival.
However, organisers are disappointed with the low turnout, especially on Friday, when only 2,748 people came to register.
By SOMAN BABY
MANAMA
OFFICIALS are disappointed by the low number of expatriates turning out to register at the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), during the first two days of its festival.
By SOMAN BABY
SCORES of expatriates turned out to register with the Labour Market Regul-atory Authority (LMRA), as it opened a festival yesterday.
The aim of the festival is to complete the registration of all expatriates in Bahrain. The LMRA has already enrolled more than 270,000 expatriates, out of a total estimated number of 500,000.
Labour Ministry officials said yesterday that it had nothing to do with the ban decision.
“The ministry is not responsible in specifying the nationalities of workers being brought to Bahrain,” said its public and international relations director Subah Al Dossary.
By SOMAN BABy
ALL expatriates, who have not yet registered at the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), should not panic over rumours that they would be jailed or deported.
There is no need to rush or panic and everyone will be given enough time to register, said LMRA e-services and public relations manager Waheed Al Balushi.
By BEGENA P PRADEEP
Thousands of expatriates who turned up at The Indian Club yesterday to register themselves with the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) ended up causing chaos and damaging club property.
It was announced in yesterday’s newspapers that the LMRA enrolment centre at the Sanabis Club had been closed and shifted to The Indian Club in Gudaibiya for convenience from yesterday to Wednesday.
By BEGENA P PRADEEP
NEW labour laws are driving up the cost of employment visas sold on the black market, the GDN has learned.
Expats desperate to find work in the Gulf are reportedly paying up to BD2,000 for visas, compared to BD1,000 a few years ago.
Expats rush to LMRA centre
By MANDEEP SINGH
HUNDREDS of expatriate workers flocked to a Labour Market Regulatory Authority fingerprinting centre yesterday, some as early as 4am, only to be turned away by noon.
The rush at the centre in Sanabis, one of four set up by the authority across the country, came as a deadline for expatriates to register before July 1 draws near.
EXPATRIATES who have not yet registered with the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) were yesterday told not to panic following a major rush at its centres.
The LMRA plans to hold an enrolment festival next month and urged expatriates not to pile into its already-crowded four registration centres.