Residence permits for a foreign worker's family
Bahrain · Official name: Dependants Residency Permit (Wife/Husband and Children) through LMRA; Residence Permit for Resident's Direct Family Members through NPRA
Employers can apply through LMRA for residence permits for a foreign worker's spouse and children up to age 24, but only for workers whose net monthly income registered with the Social Insurance Organization is at least BHD 400 (Minister of Interior Decision No. 34 of 2021). Dependants over 24, parents and some other relatives are handled directly by the Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA), where the page lists a monthly salary of at least BHD 1,000. Dependants can get a separate LMRA work permit to work.
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Travellers aged 9 months and over arriving from a yellow fever risk country (or after more than 12 hours' airport transit in one) need a valid yellow fever certificate.
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Life in Bahrain
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Currency
Bahraini Dinar
BHD
Bahraini Dinar
Cost of living
49
Price level · US = 100
World Bank price levels, 2025
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What gives you an edge here: passports, visas and permits you hold, work, study, language and family ties
Who it’s for
Spouses, children, and in some cases parents and adult children of foreign residents working in Bahrain.
Eligibility
Spouse and children up to 24 (LMRA)Sponsor
Sign in to check this route against your profileYour net monthly income, as registered with the Social Insurance Organization, must be BHD 400 or more.
BHD 400
Minimum net monthly income
- Your employer applies through the Expat Management System
Official wording
The worker's net monthly income, as registered with the Social Insurance Organization, must be BHD 400 or more. The employer applies through the Expat Management System.
Parents, husband, children over 24 (NPRA)Sponsor
Sign in to check this route against your profileShow a salary certificate with a monthly salary of not less than BHD 1,000.
BHD 1,000
Minimum monthly salary
- NPRA issues and renews these permits directly
- NPRA applies its own conditions
- The figure comes from the NPRA page
Official wording
Issued and renewed directly by NPRA under its own conditions; the NPRA page lists a salary certificate with a monthly salary of not less than BHD 1,000.
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