Source document
Minister of Interior Order No. (20) of 2022 on granting entry visas and golden residence permits to foreigners in the Kingdom of Bahrain
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CompleteReviewed 9 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
Interior Minister Order 20/2022 (Arabic, 13 articles): five golden-residence categories (property of at least BHD 200,000 at purchase; retirees with BHD 4,000 monthly pension; talents; employees with 5 years and BHD 2,000 average salary; retirees with 15 years and BHD 2,000 average pension), 10-year renewable permit, good conduct, health insurance and means, dependants (spouse, children, parents), work only with permits, BHD 300 fee per person, cancellation (incl. under 90 days' presence a year), 14-day departure period, dependants' grace after death, ministerial exceptions. Property threshold and fee were already recorded; adds the other rules. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
What it supports
13 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Programmes (1)
Rules and prices (11)
- Property purchaseproperty owner (10-year renewable permit; dependants extra)BHD 200,00010 Feb 2022 – 26 Nov 2025 · Bahrain LLOC 2022Bahrain · Golden Residency
- Permit feeper person (main applicant and each dependant), per 10-year permitBHD 300Since 10 Feb 2022 · Bahrain LLOC 2022Bahrain · Golden Residency
- Time dependants may stay after the holder's deathdependants after the holder's death (until the end of the permit's tenth year or one year, whichever is longer)1 yearsSince 10 Feb 2022 · Bahrain LLOC 2022Bahrain · Golden Residency
- Years of residence required for employeesemployee category (minimum residence in Bahrain)5 yearsSince 10 Feb 2022 · Bahrain LLOC 2022Bahrain · Golden Residency
- Residence permit validitygolden residence permit (renewable for further equal periods)10 yearsSince 10 Feb 2022 · Bahrain LLOC 2022Bahrain · Golden Residency
- Time allowed to leave after the permit endsholder and family after cancellation or expiry without renewal (extendable)14 daysSince 10 Feb 2022 · Bahrain LLOC 2022Bahrain · Golden Residency
- Years worked before retirementlong-serving retiree category (minimum years worked in Bahrain)15 yearsSince 10 Feb 2022 · Bahrain LLOC 2022Bahrain · Golden Residency
- Required physical presenceholder (permit cancelled if residence in Bahrain is not proven for 90 days in a year)90 days per yearSince 10 Feb 2022 · Bahrain LLOC 2022Bahrain · Golden Residency
- Minimum average salary for employeesemployee category (average basic monthly salary over the last five years)BHD 2,000Since 10 Feb 2022 · Bahrain LLOC 2022Bahrain · Golden Residency
- Average pension for retireeslong-serving retiree category (average pension over the last five years of residence)BHD 2,000Since 10 Feb 2022 · Bahrain LLOC 2022Bahrain · Golden Residency
- Monthly pension or salary requiredretiree category (monthly pension, minimum; worked in Bahrain or abroad)BHD 4,000Since 10 Feb 2022 · Bahrain LLOC 2022Bahrain · Golden Residency
About the document
What it covers Founding legal text: five eligible categories (property BHD 200,000; retirees; talents; employees; long-serving retirees), 10-year renewable permit, BHD 300 fee, 90-day presence rule.
Notes Arabic. In the web text thousands separators appear as '?' (e.g. '200?000'); the amounts are confirmed by the words in brackets.
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