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NPRA to Activate Payment for Visa Applications through Credit Cards from November
2019-10-31
The Nationality, Passport and Residence Affairs announced the activation of the payment for visa applications through credit cards from the beginning of November.
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NPRA Launches Online Booking Services via Skiplino App
2019-08-22
The Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA) announced a new service to book appointments online. The Skiplino application, which will take effect on Sunday (August 25), will cover the nationality, passports and residence services.
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NPRA Replaces Stamp for Return Visa with Sticker Starting Sunday
2019-05-03
The Nationality, Passport and Residence Affairs (NPRA) announced that starting Sunday (May 5, 2019), the stamp for the return visa would be replaced with a sticker, containing all required information.
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Responding to Bangladesh Ambassador, NPRA Ensures Strict Monitoring of Foreigners at Ports
2018-08-14
The Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA) stated that there is comprehensive security and legal monitoring of foreign travelers at ports to ensure the maintenance of the Kingdom’s security and the protection of its economy.
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Sheikh Ali Salman’s 3-Year Old Daughter Still without Passport
2018-03-07
Alya Radhi, wife of detained opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman, said that his daughter Sara who is 3 years and 3 months old is still deprived so far of the Bahraini citizenship.
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NPRA Refuses to Issue Passport for Bahraini Child
2017-04-04
The Al-Wasat Newspaper said that the Nationality, Passport and Residence Affairs (NPRA) refused to issue a passport for an 8-month baby because his father couldn’t attend in person to finish the application for he is abroad.
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NPRA Calls Dual Nationalities to Correct their Legal Status before Feb. 4
2017-01-23
Nationality, Passport and Residence Affairs (NPRA) in the Ministry of Interior called on Bahrainis with dual nationalities to contact the passport office at the Security Service Complex in Muharraq to correct their status before the deadline on February 4 in order to avoid legal action.
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MoI Withdraws Passports of Citizens Returning from Iraq for Bearing Unofficial Stamps
2016-11-24
Interior Ministry Undersecretary for Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA) Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa said that passports of some Bahrainis had been withdrawn as they arrived in the country since they had the stamps of unauthorized bodies. The passports had therefore lost their official status and could not be used, he said.
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Bahrain Denies Reports of Women Trafficking
2016-06-01
Bahrain’s Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs denied reports claiming trafficking of...
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Local Paper: 210 Bahrainis Stripped of their Nationalities Since 2011
2015-11-28
Bahrain Mirror: The local Bahraini Al-Wasat newspaper stated that the number of Bahrainis stripped for their nationalities since the eruption of the 2011 protests to date has reached 210, following the latest court verdict, revoking the citizenships of 13 Bahrainis on November 23, 2015
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Case of Karimi & 9 Other Bahrainis Stripped of their Nationalities Adjourned until Dec. 7
2015-10-19
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini second high (appeals) court adjourned the case of Lawyer Taymour Karimi and nine others stripped of their Bahraini nationalities until December 7, 2015.
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Court Orders Imprisonment of Gulf National Who Deceived a Lebanese Businessman into Thinking He Could Get Him a Bahraini Nationality for Money
2015-09-07
Bahraini Supreme Appeals Court issued a first degree sentence to imprison a gulf national for five years and keeping him out of his country over fraud charges.
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Farhat Khorshid's Wife: Insurance Refuses to Pay Korshid's Financial Dues
2015-08-28
The wife of Farhat Khorshid, whose Bahraini nationality has been revoked, said that the social insurance refused to pay her husband's financial dues