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
Tag Archives: Waheed Al Balushi
Over 90% of LMRA records complete
Staff Reporter
The biometric information of over 90 per cent of expatriate workers in Bahrain has been collected by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA). Biometric information including the fingerprints, photographs and electronic signatures of every expatriate worker whose visa is issued by the authority, is colected and stored in an LMRA database. Continue reading
LMRA ‘failing to protect employers’
19 October 2010
Several businessmen are claiming that the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) is providing more assistance to runaway workers than they are to Bahraini employers. Continue reading
Where does the money go?
After several years of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) imposing fees on the hiring of foreign workers, many business owners still complain about the added expense. The LMRA currently charges BD200 for a work visa application or renewal and BD90 for a dependents’ visa. In addition to this, companies must pay BD10 a month for every foreign employee. This adds up to around BD440 in fees every two years for each expat worker. Continue reading
Air tickets to be provided to all mistreated workers
Bonny Mascarenhas
The LMRA’s decision this week to cover plane ticket expenses for mistreated workers who wished to return home is to be extended to all other such cases in the future. Continue reading
Hundreds of workers fill out LMRA contact cards
Bonny Mascarenhas
Nearly 1,500 expats have handed in their contact details to LMRA as a result of road shows organised by the Coordination Committee of Indian Associations (CCIA). Continue reading
Surge in Bangladeshi Easy Exit applicants expected in Ramadhan
Bonny Mascarenhas
Caption: Bangladeshi applicants are seen queuing up outside the Embassy.
The Bangladeshi Embassy is anticipating a surge in the number of Easy Exit applicants with the advent of Ramadhan.
“At present we receive about 500 applicants each week. But from the feedback received during our visits to different areas in the Kingdom,
Over 4,000 illegal expats have left under Easy Exit scheme
Over 4,000 illegal expats have left the Kingdom since the start of the Easy Exit campaign. Spokesperson for the supreme committee tasked with tackling the problem of illegal labour, Waheed Al Beloushi, revealed yesterday that more that 4,000 labourers have left under the scheme at a rate of around 500 a week. Continue reading
LMRA launching new visa sweep
The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) officials hope to send home or legalise more than 40,000 ‘irregular’ workers in Bahrain by the end of the year. Continue reading
Illegal Bangladeshi workers apply for amnesty
Hundreds of illegal workers swamped the Bangladesh Embassy in Bahrain yesterday in the hope of returning home without prosecution.