BAHRAIN has launched two major electronic residency services, bringing the country closer to its digitalisation goal.
Citizens can now apply for passports online, while expatriates’ residency will be reflected in a QR code and no longer ‘stamped’ on their passports.
The new hi-tech services will cut down in-person visits to facilitating centres by 50 per cent, while also helping the country go paperless.
The announcements were made by the Interior Ministry’s Nationality, Passports, and Residence Affairs (NPRA) Under-Secretary Shaikh Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa at a Press conference, held at the Officers’ Club in Gudaibiya yesterday.
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