Working, Driving, Organising, Banking
All employees need a work visa. All residents (including kids) require residence visas and ID cards (known as CPRs). If you intend to drive, you will also need a Bahraini driving licence. Trying to organise all this on your own can be both time consuming and frustrating. Most larger employers have a well connected ‘fixer’ who will whisk you from place to place, jump endless queues and make sure you manage to wade through the bureaucracy as smoothly as possible.
Banking arrangements are relatively straightforward to set up, with most expats having accounts with either HSBC or Citibank. Online banking is available with each of these.
