Consular regulations: Bahrain

Please note:

• The Bahraini recipient address is to be indicated on all documents.
• All commercial documents, such as certificates of origin, commercial invoices and packing lists, must be pre-certified by the relevant Chamber of Industry and Commerce. For materials that are not from the country of manufacture, the country of origin must also be indicated.
• Certificates of origin and commercial invoices must not be stapled together.
• Certificates of origin must be free of attachments.
• All official documents such as powers of attorney, contracts and assignments must also be certified by a local notary and the competent district court.
• All personal documents must be certified by a notary and the competent district court.
• Commercial register extracts must be certified by the district court.
• Patent applications must be certified by the patent office.
• Certificates must be pre-notarized by the issuing authority.
• Patent applications must be pre-notarized by the patent office.

Please submit one copy of each document to the embassy. All commercial documents must be pre-certified by GHORFA. SERVISUM will be happy to do this for you.

Processing time (without guarantee):
approx. one week

plus 1-3 working days processing time for GHORFA