Destination guide
🇧🇭 Working in Bahrain
LMRA lets anyone check a work permit online. The old "flexi permit" scheme has been replaced, anyone selling one is not genuine.
Standard week
48 hours
Overtime (min.)
1.25×
Rest day / holiday
1.5× / 1.5×
Currency
BHD ≈ ৳324
Labour Law 36/2012: overtime +25% day, +50% night.
Where to check officially
Scams we see in this corridor
- ⚠"Flexi permits" still being sold after the scheme ended
- ⚠Permit holder name differs from the worker
Documents you should hold
- 📄 Passport valid for at least 6 months beyond travel
- 📄 Work visa / entry permit naming your employer
- 📄 Signed employment contract (attested where required)
- 📄 Medical fitness certificate from an approved GCC centre (booked via Wafid)
- 📄 BMET emigration clearance (smart card)
- 📄 Pre-departure orientation (PDO) certificate
- 📄 Probashi Kallyan / welfare fund receipt and insurance
- 📄 Issued e-ticket with a 13-digit ticket number
- 📄 LMRA work permit you have checked online
From Bangladesh
- Overseas Employment Platform (OEP), The government's digital system for the whole migration cycle: NID-verified registration, training and PDO, job matching, emigration clearance, the licensed agency list, and complaints if the job differs from what was promised.
- OEP licensed recruiting agency list, Check that an agency's RL (licence) number and name appear on the government's official list. This is the main check for any recruiter.
- RAIMS agency directory (BMET), A second official lookup for recruiting agencies, with licence details.
- Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET), The overseas employment regulator: notices, maximum migration costs, training centres and links into OEP. 16135
- Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, The parent ministry: policy, notices and links to BMET, WEWB, PKB, BOESL and OEP.
- Probash Bondhu Call Centre, The government's 24-hour helpline for migrant workers and families: information, problems abroad and reporting fraud. From abroad: +880 9610 102030. 16135
- Grievance Redress System (GRS), National online complaints system for government offices including BMET. Complaints against an agency or a job mismatch can also be filed in the OEP worker portal.
- BOESL, Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Ltd, The government-owned recruiter for G2G and low-cost channels such as Korea (EPS) and Japan. Check genuine BOESL circulars here.
- BAIRA member directory, The recruiting agencies' association. Secondary only, always confirm the RL on the OEP list.
- Wage Earners' Welfare Board (WEWB), Welfare-fund services: death compensation, repatriation, scholarships, legal aid and returnee support. 16135
- Probashi Kallyan Bank, State bank with low-interest migration loans (instead of moneylenders), rehabilitation loans and remittance services.