Labour Market Regulatory Authority

Fees

Approval of fees for services rendered by the LMRA to commercial and non- commercial businesses, Ministries and Government Institutions, based on a resolution adopted by the Council of Ministers. The application of the new fees structure shall take effect as of 1st of July 2008, as follows:

Service	Fees BHD
New, renewal or transfer of Work permit (for two years) Optional fee for the permit out of Bahrainisation percentage	BHD 200 BHD 500
Basic Health Care fees (for two years)	BHD 144
New, renewal or transfer of Work permit (for one year) Optional fee for the permit out of Bahrainisation percentage	BHD 100 BHD 250
Basic Health Care fees (for one year)	BHD 72
Visit to work permit fee	BHD 60
Change of Occupation (per application)	BHD 10
Application for new or renewal of Temporary Work permits (valid for 6 months)	BHD 200
Basic Health Care fees (for Temporary Work Permits for 6 months)	BHD 36
Application for new or renewal of Accompanying Family Dependents (per Application)	BHD 90
Monthly fees for first 5 expats - per worker	BHD 5
Monthly fees from the 6th expat - per worker	BHD 10
Domestic NWP Fees (for 24 months) LMRA - Work Permit issuance LMRA - Admin fee NPRA - Non objection certificate fee NPRA - NOC credence Fee NPRA - Residency permit fee MOH - Health Check fee IGA - Identity Card issuance fee Total Amount	BHD 30 BHD 5 BHD 24 BHD 5 BHD 34 BHD 10 BHD 10 BHD 118
Domestic NWP Fees (for 12 months) LMRA - Work Permit issuance LMRA - Admin fee NPRA - Non objection certificate fee NPRA - NOC credence Fee NPRA - Residency permit fee MOH - Health Check fee IGA - Identity Card issuance fee Total Amount	BHD 15 BHD 5 BHD 24 BHD 5 BHD 17 BHD 10 BHD 10 BHD 86
Domestic Renewal Fees (for 24 months) LMRA - Work Permit issuance fee LMRA - Admin fee NPRA - Residency permit fee Total Amount	BHD 40 BHD 5 BHD 34 BHD 79
Domestic Renewal Fees (for 12 months) LMRA - Work Permit issuance fee LMRA - Admin fee NPRA - Residency permit fee Total Amount	BHD 20 BHD 5 BHD 17 BHD 42
Domestic Renewal Fees (for 6 months) LMRA - Work Permit issuance fee LMRA - Admin fee NPRA - Residency permit fee Total Amount	BHD 10 BHD 5 BHD 8.5 BHD 23.5
Other Fees LMRA - Termination Admin fees LMRA - Change Of occupation fee LMRA - Runaway Admin fee	BHD 5 BHD 10 BHD 5
Flexi Permit (for two years)	BHD 500
Health Care (for two years) - Flexi Permit	BHD 144
Residence Extension (One time) - Flexi Permit	BHD 15
Return Ticket Refundable Deposit (Refundable) - Flexi Permit	BHD 90
Total Fees - Flexi Permit	BHD 749
Monthly fees - Flexi Permit	BHD 30
Recruitment Agencies deposit for each expat	BHD 200
Employment offices deposit	BHD 10,000
Domestic deposit	BHD 500
New recruitment agencies office license	BHD 500
Renewal recruitment agencies office license	BHD 100
New employment office license	BHD 200
Renewal employment office license	BHD 100
According to the provisions of the resolution number (1) for the year 2017, a service charge will be charged for the following services: Employer registration of his establishments. Issuing, renewing and cancellation of the work permit for all permit types. Registration of absence from work notification. Increasing the number of work permits. Residency and entry permits for the employee dependents and the foreign employer.	BHD 5
Applying at LMRA premises at the Executive Services Centre	BHD 20 (for each service)
Applying at businessman or investor selected premises	BHD 50 (for each service)

Importat Notice:

• Please settle any overdue Payments of the monthly fees in order to avoid the cancellation of all the work permits.
• Imposed a fine of two dinars for each month of delay in the payment of the monthly fee for a work permit and a maximum of 6 dinars.
• Residence extension for flexi permit is paid only one time.
• Return Ticket Refundable Deposit for flexi permit is a one time Refundable Deposit.
• Pay monthly fees for the flexi permit, to avoid the cancellation of the permit.

Refund of Payments:

The LMRA will refund payments paid by the Employer in the following cases:

1. Full Refund: The LMRA will fully refund the payments paid by the Employer if the LMRA decided to cancel the Work permit prior the arrival of the foreign worker to the Kingdom; without prejudice to other obligations imposed on the Employer.
2. Partial Refund: The LMRA will refund the amount of the remaining months of the validity of Work permit on the value of the Permit in the event where the expatriate employee is being transferred to another Employer, with the exception of Temporary Work permits.
3. Primary Health Care insurance refund: LMRA will refund the amount of the remaining months of the validity of Medical care insurance Work permit on the value of the Permit in the event where the expatriate employee is being transferred to another Employer, with the exception of Temporary Work permits.

Important Notice:

Refunded amounts are refunded as credit in the establishment's account at LMRA, and can be used to pay other application's invoices and fees such as monthly invoices and New Permits fees.

Invoices:

The LMRA will issue the following invoices and Lists to Employers. Electronic samples can be found on the LMRA’s website; their details are as follows:

• Monthly Invoice: the total monthly fees calculated for all the Work visas of the workers in an Establishment.
• Invoices of the issuance, renewal or transfer of Work visas: A list of the due fees payable for issuing, renewing or transferring Work visas for two years.

Last Update: Thursday 5 November 2020