By SOMAN BABY
EXPATRIATES with expired visas will have no more chances to renew them after Wednesday, a Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) official declared yesterday.
Since the LMRA took over the responsibility of issuing work visas in July, people whose visas expired in the last 12 months were given a chance to renew them, said LMRA e-services and acting public relations manager Waheed Al Balushi.
By SOMAN BABY
MANAMA: Employment in Bahrain shot up by 10.5 per cent during the third quarter of this year, it was revealed yesterday.
Most of the jobs went to expatriates, with Bahraini employment up by 3.5pc, compared to a 4.1pc growth in the previous quarter, said the report published in the Bahraini Labour Market newsletter.
By BASMA MOHAMMED
EXPATRIATES working at mosques find themselves trapped in Bahrain because no one is paying for their visas, it has emerged.
They tend to stay in the country after their visas are expired because they fear losing their jobs if they return to their countries for new ones to be issued.
By MOHAMMED AL A’ALI
LABOUR Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi yesterday assured Bahrain’s workforce that all efforts are being exerted to ensure the availability of jobs despite the global financial crisis.
“The unemployment ghost will continue haunting us, as it does other countries due to the financial crisis the world is going through,” he said.
A CLEARING agent who forged a previous client’s signature to illegally acquire a visa was jailed for three years yesterday.
The High Criminal Court convicted the 45-year-old Bahraini man of fraud and forgery.
