Bahrain: Terminated visas by sector of economic activity (Q2 2009 – Q2 2014)

Agriculture, hunting and forestry Fishing Mining and quarrying Manufacturing Electricity, gas and water supply Construction Wholesale and retail trade, repair Hotels and restaurants Transport, storage, communication Financial intermediation Real estate, renting, business activities Public administration Education Health and social work Other social, personal services Extra-territorial organizations, bodies Not specified Total
2009 Q2 158 46 91 2,960 2 6,200 3,875 1,337 471 470 1,457 11 245 45 334 0 523 18,225
Q3 16 5 23 797 1 1,194 1,025 359 375 172 591 8 115 34 126 0 238 5,079
Q4 13 14 37 1,222 8 1,820 1,784 466 202 268 625 3 77 25 165 0 198 6,927
2010 Q1 50 74 96 2,703 6 7,818 3,436 1,449 587 379 1,407 21 119 37 346 0 381 18,909
Q2 52 70 52 2,562 1 6,518 3,596 1,492 877 475 1,645 34 297 65 371 0 553 18,660
Q3 191 68 66 2,804 11 7,287 3,295 1,490 835 509 1,646 23 208 63 370 0 414 19,280
Q4 123 171 56 2,641 1 6,931 3,818 1,467 770 427 1,499 27 85 82 391 0 74 18,563
2011 Q1 122 168 82 2,755 1 7,801 4,303 1,667 707 364 1,707 38 105 102 421 0 78 20,421
Q2 156 136 98 2,907 9 7,646 4,088 1,725 638 496 2,126 168 288 105 413 0 114 21,113
Q3 174 153 81 2,416 6 5,413 3,381 1,397 505 435 1,695 72 172 120 325 0 755 17,100
Q4 134 151 73 2,377 7 6,849 3,579 1,449 560 359 1,383 108 101 97 337 1 606 18,171
2012 Q1 135 138 165 2,254 6 6,042 3,458 1,494 618 376 1,500 96 138 71 405 0 560 17,456
Q2 120 112 78 2,418 11 5,615 3,728 1,501 637 473 1,548 291 286 95 366 0 366 17,645
Q3 169 192 64 2,301 17 5,706 3,584 1,523 533 319 1,312 73 277 103 380 0 230 16,783
Q4 149 211 108 2,725 19 7,983 4,256 1,801 590 386 1,730 60 174 119 502 0 276 21,089
2013 Q1 148 270 202 3,165 24 9,076 5,116 2,047 964 440 2,169 142 225 102 554 0 227 24,871
Q2 140 274 233 3,252 84 7,991 5,226 2,004 1,105 559 2,321 363 466 85 639 0 183 24,925
Q3 184 396 201 3,391 10 8,861 5,283 2,358 1,051 561 2,286 230 392 109 676 0 130 26,119
Q4 260 300 231 3,717 91 9,357 5,930 2,363 915 539 2,804 182 207 103 852 0 161 28,012
2014 Q1 280 304 233 3,640 18 8,993 6,052 2,549 770 510 2,391 147 298 105 843 0 164 27,297
Q2 274 376 234 3,434 10 9,563 5,719 2,380 756 439 2,267 400 379 111 899 0 200 27,441

Source: Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Expatriate Management System (EMS)
ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

This table shows the flow of renewed permits (or visas) that are given to foreigners by the LMRA. These renwed visas combine those given for regular and temporary workers, investors and dependents.
The LMRA Expatriate Management System (EMS) stores information and past history of sponsors and workers, and their dependents, within the scope of Law No. 19/2006 on regulating the labour market. The scope of the system covers regular, temporary and investor work visas for foreign workers, their dependents, in the commercial sector, the government sector and the non-commercial, non-government sector. It presently excludes domestic workers, and work visas for artists and certain other categories of workers in non-civilian organizations. It distinguishes four types of visas for operational purposes: regular work visas for workers with 24-month validity; temporary work visas issued for workers with 6-month validity; investor work visas issued for investors investing up to BD 100,000; and dependent visas issued for dependent members of eligible foreign workers.The system tracks visa applications, renewals, mobility of workers between employers and from one occupation to another as well as notification of termination and runaway workers, and in general all operations of LMRA including inspection and offence management. The system is updated continuously and linked with other labour-related databases of the Kingdom, including CIO, GDNPR, GOSI, PFC, CSB, Ministry of Labour (MoL), and Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC).
Termination refers to an employer’s application to the LMRA announcing the end of employment of a foraign worker in theeconomic unit (CR/Branch)

2. Institution which provides data

Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA).

3. Data availability

The LMRA publishes these data under its Bahrain Labour Market Indicators (BLMI) section. The BLMI dashboard can be found in: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/mi_dashboard.xml). The general BLMI data with other non-LMRA sources can be found: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/mi_data.xml)
Figures and results are often reported in tables in both PDF and Excel formats.
Data for this LMRA table for 2009 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/06/data/lmr/Table_37a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/09/data/lmr/Table_37a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/12/data/lmr/Table_37a.pdf).
Data for 2010 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/03/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/06/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/09/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/12/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf)
Data for 2011 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/03/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/06/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/09/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/12/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf)
Data for 2012 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/03/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/06/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/09/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/12/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf).
Data for 2013 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/03/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/06/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/09/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/12/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf).
Data for 2014 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/06/data/ems/Table_37a.pdf).
The definitions that the LMRA adopts for its data can be found in the Glossary section: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/mi_glossary.xml).

Date of access: September 2014