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Are Iranians denied employment Visa in Bahrain?

Last activity 29 August 2014 by Farhaz

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sevda11

Hello everyone

I'd Like to know,do visa applications for work are being rejected if its a Iranian passport?

XTang

I don't know however based on what I have heard; yes.  Iranian, Lebanese, Iraqi and Syrian passports seem to have most problems with automatic rejections in quite a few cases.  At least for those people who are moving to Bahrain from outside the middle east. 

I have neither and had a Shia sounding name; went through 7 rejections....so you can imagine :)

Farhaz

I think this is indeed the case. Unless the person already lives and works in another GCC country, it is almost impossible to get a new work visa if the applicant is from one of the countries XTang has mentioned.

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