What to check, what to prepare and what to expect on this route. Every official name and link below comes from a government or ILO page we read; we say plainly where there is none.
Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE)
SLBFE licenses foreign employment agencies, registers migrant workers and takes their complaints.
How to check: Look the agency up in the SLBFE licensed-agency directory. If something is wrong, SLBFE takes complaints online and by phone.
SLBFE hotline 1989 or +94 11 2 880 500
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Every candidate completes the same intake checklist. Your source country adds its own clearances on top. The destination side (visa type, medical, attestation) depends on the employer and your role, and your specialist confirms what currently applies.
Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA)
The authority that issues work permits for foreign workers in Bahrain.
Call centre 17506055, used by the LMRA to receive reports of labour violations (from an LMRA press release, read 8 October 2026)
Last checked 29 September 2026. Links go to official sites we do not control; treat each site as the authority, not this page.
What the government and the ILO publish, in plain words. Laws change: your contract and the official page always win over this summary.
It is prohibited for an employer to confiscate a worker's passport (Penal Code, article 395).
ILO factsheet: Bahrain, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)The factsheet notes that charging recruitment fees to workers is not explicitly prohibited by law. Check what a recruiter charges against the rules of your own country.
ILO factsheet: Bahrain, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)The employment contract must be in Arabic in two original copies, with any other-language version attached. There is no legal minimum wage for private-sector workers.
ILO factsheet: Bahrain, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Employers have met their duty to pay wages only once they are paid in full through the Wages Protection Scheme (Decision No. 68 of 2019), and monthly-paid workers must be paid at least once a month.
ILO factsheet: Bahrain, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)The Labour Law (Law No. 36 of 2012) sets a working day of eight hours or 48 hours a week, and six hours a day in Ramadan for Muslim workers. There is one weekly rest day, Friday unless otherwise agreed.
ILO factsheet: Bahrain, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Working on a rest day earns 150 per cent of normal pay or an extra rest day, at the worker's choice. Annual leave is 30 days.
ILO factsheet: Bahrain, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)After three consecutive months with an employer, a worker is entitled to 15 days of sick leave at full pay each year.
ILO factsheet: Bahrain, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Non-Bahraini workers' private health insurance must be provided and paid for by the employer.
ILO factsheet: Bahrain, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Outdoor work is banned between 12.00 and 16.00 from 1 July to 31 August, except for oil and gas workers doing emergency maintenance.
ILO factsheet: Bahrain, regulatory framework governing migrant workers (updated December 2023)Compare all six Gulf countries side by side →
Checked against the linked pages on 2026-09-30. This is general information, not legal advice.
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Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE). Look the agency up in the SLBFE licensed-agency directory. If something is wrong, SLBFE takes complaints online and by phone.
Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA). The authority that issues work permits for foreign workers in Bahrain.
Every candidate completes the same intake checklist: Passport (First Page), Passport (Last Page), Photograph, CV, Education Certificate, Health Declaration, Consent. Sri Lanka adds: SLBFE registration, SLBFE pre-departure orientation certificate. The destination side (visa type, medical, attestation) depends on the employer and your role, and your specialist confirms what currently applies.
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