Follow up appointment for Bahraini citizenship

Honestly, it is arbitrary. 

Basically, after you apply and submit the documents; there is one major appointment for an interview which is in Arabic (spend the year you have in learning Arabic) - this happens anywhere from 6 months to 3 years after you apply.  Once that is done and you pass, your application is placed in a big pile and then you wait.  Every year, they pull a certain number of names from that pile and the approvals are given  for citizenship - the sequence is not by time in that pile.  I know people who have been waiting for 15 years or more. 

If you get it then there is a proper formal ceremony where they call you in and hand over the passport. They also take your existing passport and send it back to your Embassy - dual nationality not allowed.

Also, nowadays, they are really slowing down this process - even the police / security forces people who used to get this almost automatically after being here a short time are not getting it.

Thanks a lot! 😊😊