Converting visit to work visa

Jdsoni · 2025-07-16T13:38:18+02:00

Explore how companies in Bahrain can convert visit visas to work visas, including sponsorship rules for Indian nationals and hotel arrangements.

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JdsoniContributor16 July 2025 11:38:18

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If a company in Bahrain wishes to call a prospective employee(Indian national) on visit visa and then plans to apply for his work visa after his arrival, can the company arrange the visit visa through a hotel with an invitation letter from company side?Confusion is because new rule says sponsor of both visas should be same but I believe company cant sponsor visit!

logicalindian Bahrain Expert

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logicalindianBahrain Expert16 July 2025 14:05:40

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a company can definitely sponsor a visit visa.

Jdsoni Contributor

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JdsoniContributor17 July 2025 14:38:52

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@logicalindian

but company can only sponsor business visa i guess..Anyways could you give any reference of any agent for this.Hotels are saying nowadays lmra is not easily converting visit visas into work visas.in this case i am already a past 8 year work visa holder at bahrain returning again after avyear gap.

logicalindian Bahrain Expert

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logicalindianBahrain Expert19 July 2025 01:06:57

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A company can apply for聽 a Sponsored visit visa speak to your PRO.

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JdsoniContributorYesterday 14:36:37

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i came to bahrain on business visit visa.My company had attached invitation letter and also submitted my bank statement during online visa applicstion.However visa print out does not reflect sponsor name.Now we want to apply for conversion of this visit to work visa under same company sponsorship. Is this ok and workable as per rule?We have confusion due to sponsor name being missing.