Visa requirements for Bahraini citizens

Visa requirements for Bahraini citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Bahrain. As of 2024, Bahraini citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 91 countries and territories, ranking the Bahraini passport 59th in thebos world according to the Visa Restrictions Index.^[1]

A Bahraini passport

Bahraini citizens do not need a visa to enter other member states of the GCC.

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Visa requirements for Bahraini citizens

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Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[2]
Albania	eVisa[3][4]
Algeria	Visa required[5]
Andorra	Visa required[6]
Angola	Visa required[7]
Antigua and Barbuda	Electronic Entry Visa[8]
Argentina	Electronic Travel Authorization[9]	90 days	Electronic Travel Authorization must be approved before travel and is valid for tourism purposes.
Armenia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[10][11]	120 days
Australia	Visa required[12]		may be online application (Online Visitor e600 visa).[13]
Austria	Visa required[14]
Azerbaijan	eVisa / Visa on arrival[15]	30 days[16]
Bahamas	Visa not required[17]	3 months
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[18]	30 days
Barbados	Visa not required[19]	90 days
Belarus	Visa not required[20]	30 days	Must arrive and depart via Minsk International Airport.
Belgium	Visa required[21]
Belize	Visa required[22]
Benin	eVisa / Visa on arrival[23][24]	30 days / 8 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	Visa required[25]
Bolivia	Visa on arrival[26]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required[27]		Visa exemption from June 1 to September 30.[28]
Botswana	Visa not required[29]	90 days
Brazil	Visa required[30]
Brunei	Visa on arrival[31]	30 days
Bulgaria	Visa required[32]
Burkina Faso	eVisa[33]
Burundi	Visa on arrival [34]	30 days
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[35]	30 days
Cameroon	eVisa[36]
Canada	Visa required[37]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[38]
Central African Republic	Visa required[39]
Chad	Visa required[40]
Chile	Visa required[41]
China	Visa required[42]
Colombia	eVisa[43]
Comoros	Visa on arrival[44]
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[45]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa[46]	30 days
Costa Rica	Visa required[47]
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[48]
Croatia	Visa required[49]
Cuba	Tourist card[50]	30 days
Cyprus	Visa required[51]
Czech Republic	Visa required[52]
Denmark	Visa required[53]
Djibouti	eVisa[54]	31 days
Dominica	Visa not required[55]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[56]
Ecuador	Visa not required[57]	90 days
Egypt	Visa not required[58]	3 months
El Salvador	Visa not required[59]	90 days
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required[60]
Eritrea	Visa required[61]
Estonia	Visa required[62]
Eswatini	Visa required[63]
Ethiopia	eVisa[64]	up to 90 days	eVisa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
Fiji	Visa required[65]
Finland	Visa required[66]
France	Visa required[67]
Gabon	eVisa / Visa on arrival[68]		Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.[69]
Gambia	Visa required[70]
Georgia	Visa not required[71]	1 year
Germany	Visa required[72]
Ghana	Visa required[73]
Greece	Visa required[74]
Grenada	Visa required[75]
Guatemala	Visa not required[76]	90 days
Guinea	eVisa[77]
Guinea-Bissau	eVisa / Visa on arrival[78]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[79]
Haiti	Visa not required[80]	3 months
Honduras	Visa not required[81]	90 days
Hungary	Visa required[82]
Iceland	Visa required[83]
India	Visa required[84]
Indonesia	Visa on arrival[85]	30 days
Iran	Visa not required[86]	15 days
Iraq	Visa on arrival[87]		When arriving at Basra International Airport or Al Najaf International Airport.
Ireland	Visa required[88]		Visa not required if passenger have first entered the United Kingdom with a printed Electronic Visa Waiver Document issued by the United Kingdom They are visa exempt for a maximum stay of 90 days in Ireland or until the end of the period of stay granted in the United Kingdom.
Israel	Visa required[89]		Confirmation from Israeli Foreign Ministry is required before a visa is issued.[90] Bahrain has signed a visa exemption agreement with Israel for non-ordinary passports, but it is not yet in force.
Italy	Visa required[91]
Jamaica	Visa required[92]
Japan	Visa required[93]
Jordan	Visa not required[94]	3 months
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[95]	30 days[96]
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation[97]	3 months
Kiribati	Visa required[98]
North Korea	Visa required[99]
South Korea	Visa not required[100]	30 days
Kuwait	Visa not required[101]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[102]	60 days
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival[103]	30 days
Latvia	Visa required[104]
Lebanon	Visa not required[105]	6 months
Lesotho	eVisa[106][107]
Liberia	Visa required[108]
Libya	Visa required[109]
Liechtenstein	Visa required[110]
Lithuania	Visa required[111]
Luxembourg	Visa required[112]
Madagascar	eVisa / Visa on arrival[113]	90 days
Malawi	eVisa / Visa on arrival[114]
Malaysia	Visa not required[115]	90 days
Maldives	Free Visa on arrival[116]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[117]
Malta	Visa required[118]
Marshall Islands	Visa required[119]
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[120]		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required[121]	90 days
Mexico	Visa required[122]		May enter without a visa if obtaining a valid visa or a permanent residency to Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, or the Schengen area.
Micronesia	Visa not required[123]	30 days
Moldova	Visa required[124]
Monaco	Visa required[125]
Mongolia	Visa required[126]
Montenegro	Visa required[127]
Morocco	Visa not required[128]	90 days
Mozambique	Visa on arrival[129]	30 days
Myanmar	Visa required[130]	28 days
Namibia	Visa required[131]
Nauru	Visa required[132]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[133]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa required[134]
New Zealand	Electronic Travel Authority[135]	3 months	International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority.[136] Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[137] Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.[136]
Nicaragua	Visa not required[138]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[139]
Nigeria	Visa required[140]
North Macedonia	Visa required[141]
Norway	Visa required[142]
Oman	Visa not required[143]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Pakistan	Visa not required[144]	90 days	eVisa eligible.[145]
Palau	Free Visa on arrival[146]	30 days
Panama	Visa required[147]
Papua New Guinea	Visa required[148]
Paraguay	Visa required[149]
Peru	Visa required[150]
Philippines	Visa not required[151]	30 days
Poland	Visa required[152]
Portugal	Visa required[153]
Qatar	Visa not required[154]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Romania	Visa required[155]
Russia	eVisa[156]	16 days	e-Visa holders must arrive and departure via 29 checkpoints[157]
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[158]	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	eVisa[159]
Saint Lucia	Visa required[160]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[161]	1 month
Samoa	Visa not required[162]	60 days
San Marino	Visa required[163]
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[164]
Saudi Arabia	Visa not required[165]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Senegal	Visa on arrival[166]	90 days
Serbia	Visa not required[167]	90 days	90 days within a 6-month period
Seychelles	Free Visitor's Permit on arrival[168]	3 months
Sierra Leone	Visa on arrival[169]
Singapore	Visa not required[170]	30 days
Slovakia	Visa required[171]
Slovenia	Visa required[172]
Solomon Islands	Visa required[173]
Somalia	Visa on arrival[174]		Available at Berbera, Borama, Burao, Erigavo and Hargeisa airports.[citation needed] 30 days, available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.[citation needed]
South Africa	Visa required[175]
South Sudan	Electronic Visa[176]		Obtainable online[177] Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel[177]
Spain	Visa required[178]
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival[179]	30 days
Sudan	Visa required[180]
Suriname	eVisa[181]
Sweden	Visa required[182]
Switzerland	Visa required[183]
Syria	Visa required[184]		According to the Law No. 2 of 2014 all visitors require visas prior to arrival.[185][186][187]
Tajikistan	eVisa[188]	45 days	E-visa holders can enter through all border points.[189]
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival[190][191]	3 months
Thailand	Visa not required[192]	60 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[193]	30 days
Togo	Visa on arrival[194]	7 days
Tonga	Visa required[195]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required[196]
Tunisia	Visa not required[197]	3 months
Turkey	visa not required [198]	3 months
Turkmenistan	Visa required[199]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[200]	1 month
Uganda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[201]		May apply online.[202]
Ukraine	eVisa[203]	30 days
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required[204]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
United Kingdom	Electronic Travel Authorisation[205]	6 months
United States	Visa required[206]
Uruguay	Visa required[207]
Uzbekistan	Visa not required[208]	10 days	5-day visa-free transit at the international airports if holding a confirmed onward ticket for a flight to a third country.[209]
Vanuatu	Visa not required[210]	30 days
Vatican City	Visa required[211]
Venezuela	Visa required[212]
Vietnam	eVisa[213]	90 days	30 day visa exemption at Phu Quoc Island.[214]
Yemen	Visa on arrival[154]	3 months
Zambia	Visa not required[215]
Zimbabwe	eVisa / Visa on arrival[216]	3 months	30 days for visits on business, 3 months for tourists

Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories

Visa requirements for Bahraini citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[217]
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[218]
Mayotte	Visa required[219]
Réunion	Visa required[219]
Ascension Island	eVisa[220][221]	3 months within any year period
Saint Helena	eVisa[222][223]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[224][225]
Sudan outside Khartoum	Travel permit required	All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur	Travel permit required	Separate travel permit is required.[226]
Asia
Hainan	Visa not required	14 days[227][228]
Hong Kong	Visa not required[229]	30 days
India PAP/RAP	PAP/RAP required	Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[230][231][232][233][234][235]
Kazakhstan closed cities	Special permission required	Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[236]
Kish Island	Visa not required	Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[237]
Macau	Visa on arrival[238]	30 days
Sabah and Sarawak	Visa not required	These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[239]
North Korea outside Pyongyang	Special permit required	People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
Palestine	Visa not required[240]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[241]
Taiwan	Electronic Entry Visa[242]
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OIVR permit required	OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[243][244][245]
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[246][247][248]
Turkmenistan closed cities	Special permit required	A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[249]
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone.
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Anguilla	Visa required[250]
Aruba	Visa required[251]
Bermuda	Visa required[252]	Visa free for a maximum stay of 3 months if transiting through the United Kingdom.
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa required[253]
British Virgin Islands	Visa required[254]
San Andrés and Leticia	Tourist Card on arrival	Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.[255]
Cayman Islands	Visa required[256][257]
Curacao	Visa required[258]
French Guiana	Visa required[259]
French West Indies	Visa required[260]	French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.
Greenland	Visa required[261]
Margarita Island	Visa required	All visitors are fingerprinted.[262]
Montserrat	Visa required[263]
Puerto Rico	Visa required[264]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa required[219]
Sint Maarten	Visa required[265]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required[266]	30 days
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required[267]
Europe
Kosovo	Visa not required[268]	Do not need a visa a holder of a valid biometric residence permit issued by one of the Schengen member states or a valid multi-entry Schengen Visa, a holder of a valid Laissez-Passer issued by United Nations Organizations, NATO, OSCE, Council of Europe or European Union a holder of a valid travel documents issued by EU Member and Schengen States, United States of America, Canada, Australia and Japan based on the 1951 Convention on Refugee Status or the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons, as well as holders of valid travel documents for foreigners (max. 15 days stay)[268]
Mount Athos	Special permit required	Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[269][270]
Brest and Grodno	Visa not required	Visa-free for 10 days[271]
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Visa not required[272]	90 days
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[273]	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa required[261]
Gibraltar	Visa required	Visa not required if holding a Schengen multiple entry visa with a minimum remaining validity of 7 days or visiting on a day trip as part of an organised tour arranged through a Gibraltar-based tour operator.
Guernsey	Visa required[274]
Isle of Man	Visa required[275]
Jersey	Visa required[276]
Oceania
American Samoa	Entry permit required[277]
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required	Special authorisation required.[278]
Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.[279]
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days[280]
Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.[281]
French Polynesia	Visa required[282]
Guam	Visa required[283]	45 days
New Caledonia	Visa required[219]
Niue	Visa on arrival	30 days[284]
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required[285]
Pitcairn Islands	Visa required
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required	Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[286][287][288][289][290][291][292]
Wallis and Futuna	Visa required[219]
South America
Galápagos	Pre-registration required	Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[293]
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands	Visa required
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[294][295]
Antarctica		Special permits required for  British Antarctic Territory,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[296][297][298][299][300][301][302][303][304][305][306][307]

Non-visa restrictions

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Many countries have entry restrictions on foreigners that go beyond the common requirement of having either a valid visa or a visa exemption. Such restrictions may be health related or impose additional documentation requirements on certain classes of people for diplomatic or political purposes.

Blank passport pages

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.^[308] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Vaccination

Main articles: Vaccination requirements for international travel, International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, and Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cover of the new International Certificate of Vaccination issued by the Bureau of Quarantine in the Philippines since 2021

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year^[309] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.^[310]

Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[311][312]

Passport validity length

Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.

However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens^[313][314] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).^[315]

Some countries, such as Japan,^[316] Ireland and the United Kingdom,^[317] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.

In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,^[318] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,^[319] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,^[320] Philippines,^[321] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.^[322]

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.

Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.

Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.

Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives^[323] and South Africa.

Maximum passport age

Countries of the Schengen area require non-EU passports to be less than 10 years old upon entry.^[324] A number of holders of British passports, which until September 2018 could be issued with a validity period of up to 10 years and nine months if the previous passport was not expired, were unable to travel to the EU subsequent to Brexit due to this restriction.^[325]

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,^[326] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record, while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.

Persona non grata

The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.^[327]

Israeli stamps

Kuwait,^[328] Lebanon,^[329] Libya,^[330] and Yemen^[331] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.

To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017^[update]) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.^{[citation needed]}

Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

Biometrics

See also: Biometric identification by country

Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.^[332]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,^[333][334] Argentina,^[335] Brunei, Cambodia,^[336] China,^[337] Ethiopia,^[338] Ghana, Guinea,^[339] India, Japan,^[340][341] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),^[342] Malaysia upon entry and departure,^[343] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,^[344] Singapore, South Korea,^[345] Taiwan, Thailand,^[346] Uganda,^[347] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its own legislation),^{[348][349][350]} intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.^[351]

Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports^[352] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.^[353][354]

See also

• Bahrain portal

• Visa policy of Bahrain
• Bahraini passport