Bahrain’s Golden Residency is permanent, it is open to salaried employees as well as investors, and the government application fee is BHD 5. In November 2025 the property route got cheaper still.
Issued by the Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA). There is a BHD 5 application fee, then BHD 300 every ten years, and processing takes about five working days.
| Employees | A salary of BHD 2,000 a month or more and 5 years living in Bahrain. |
|---|---|
| Property owners | Property worth BHD 130,000 or more (cut from BHD 200,000 in November 2025; some NPRA pages still show the old figure). confirm with NPRA |
| Retirees | 15 years in Bahrain and a pension of BHD 2,000+ a month; retirees living abroad need BHD 4,000+. |
| Talents | A separate route for exceptional talent. |
| Language requirement | None found. |
A foreigner needs 25 years of residence (15 for Arab nationals), counted from when the Act took effect, together with good conduct, fluency in Arabic and property registered in Bahrain. Naturalised citizens wait ten years before they can exercise political rights.
Dual nationality is possible only with prior approval from the Interior Ministry or Cabinet, under a 2016 amendment, case by case. And for Indians the question is settled from the other side: Indian law ends Indian citizenship the moment another is acquired.
Checked against the sources below in October 2026. Gulf rules change often — confirm the current figure with the official body before you act on it.
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