Hi. We are currently in our home country for vacation. My son had to renew his passport here. When going back to Bahrain, is it okay to just bring both the old passport with the valid residence permit and the new passport? Then, we will just transfer the residence permit to the new passport immediately after arrival in the Kingdom?
Residence Permit on Old Passport
AnnaV03
06 April 2015 10:59:32
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Farhaz
06 April 2015 14:17:11
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Yes, that's the procedure.
Bring your old passport which has the current residence permit. The authorities will endorse the new passport at the airport. Once you are in Bahrain, your employer will have to get the residence permit transferred to the new passport.
AnnaV03
06 April 2015 14:25:58
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Thank you for the response, Farhaz. Appreciate it a lot. 
capriole
08 April 2015 11:03:22
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AnnaV03 wrote:Hi. We are currently in our home country for vacation. My son had to renew his passport here. When going back to Bahrain, is it okay to just bring both the old passport with the valid residence permit and the new passport? Then, we will just transfer the residence permit to the new passport immediately after arrival in the Kingdom?
Make certain also that the authorities in your country do not cancel/puncture or destroy/deform the page with the valid visa in the old passport.
James
08 April 2015 11:12:40
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capriole wrote:Make certain also that the authorities in your country do not cancel/puncture or destroy/deform the page with the valid visa in the old passport.
This is not a problem, the passport itself may be cancelled; however any visas in that passport remain valid until they expire. Just present the old passport on arrival and then request your company arrange for it to be transferred to the new one.
Cheers,
James Expat-blog Experts Team
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