{"id":71,"date":"2008-08-06T13:03:07","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T10:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/?p=71"},"modified":"2008-08-06T13:03:07","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T10:03:07","slug":"expats-stressed-as-lmra-cleanses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2008\/08\/06\/expats-stressed-as-lmra-cleanses\/","title":{"rendered":"Expats stressed as LMRA \u2018cleanses\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_72\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"lightbox\" title=\" Expats stressed as LMRA \u2018cleanses\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/03\/6_8_2008_p3-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-72\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/03\/6_8_2008_p3-2-150x124.jpg\" alt=\" Expats stressed as LMRA \u2018cleanses\u2019\" width=\"150\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-72\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> Expats stressed as LMRA \u2018cleanses\u2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You could be technically in limbo If you are an expatriate and have five minutes to spare go check your residential status on the LMRA\u2019s \u2018expat portal\u2019.\u00a0 You might be surprised and not necessarily pleasantly.<\/p>\n<p>Log onto www.lmra.bh \u2013 go to the \u2018expat portal\u2019 and key in your CPR number and your passport expiry date. Chances are that the portal could display a message that says \u201cWork visa in progress.Expat shouldn\u2019t travel to Bahrain.<!--more-->\u201d It may seem a comical situation to some that a person who is in Bahrain is being asked not to travel to the Kingdom. But it is apparently not so amusing to the person who is faced with such a situation, including a senior Tribune personnel among them.<\/p>\n<p>Frantic residents told the Tribune that even though they had valid residence permits stamped on their passports the LMRA site stated that their visa was under process.<\/p>\n<p>LMRA acting head of public relations, Waheed Al Balushi, when contacted, said that these residents had nothing to fear.<\/p>\n<p>Are you legal or not?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will not be stopped at the airport or denied entry to Bahrain as long as the residence permit is on the passport,\u201d Al Balushi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message is a default message and is removed as soon as the person\u2019s information is updated. The process takes sometime as we have to verify each record before changing the status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To another concern by residents that the information shows that their pictures were not shown on the LMRA \u2018expat portal\u2019 even though they had enrolled, Al Balushi said the pictures would be displayed as and when the person\u2019s data was cleansed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData cleansing is a process to ensure that information provided by the employer matches with our records and those of our partners, including the ministries of Interior and Labour and other authorities concerned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf any difference is noticed we contact the employer and seek clarifications,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Residents can send emails to lmra@lmra.gov.bh to inform the authority about any discrepancy in their online information, Al Balushi said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You could be technically in limbo If you are an expatriate and have five minutes to spare go check your residential status on the LMRA\u2019s \u2018expat portal\u2019.\u00a0 You might be surprised and not necessarily pleasantly. 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