By SOMAN BABY
ALL Indian jobseekers will be urged to check the status of their visa online before leaving their country.
The move follows an incident in which three Indian nationals were arrested at Bahrain International Airport while trying to enter Bahrain with fake visas.
By SOMAN BABY
EXPATRIATES with work visas which have been expired for up to a year have until January 31 to renew them.
The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) had earlier set the deadline as December 31 last year, but has decided to extend it.
By SOMAN BABY
BAHRAIN’S construction industry is bracing for a crisis, with sources predicting thousands of job losses.
Industry leaders predict a major slump in the second half of the year, owing to the global economic crisis.
By SOMAN BABY
A CALL to reserve all jobs as clearing agents for Bahrainis went out to the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) yesterday.
The LMRA, which took over the responsibility of issuing work permits to expatriates in July last year, allows companies to assign two representatives each, whether Bahraini or non-Bahraini, to clear documents with the authority.
THE children of Bahraini women married to expatriates could soon be given the same rights as their Bahraini counterparts.
The Shura Council yesterday decided to include a new article into a government-drafted law that gives expatriate wives married to Bahrainis equal treatment.
