Travel Requirements
Middle East
Entry to Bahrain is restricted to specified nationalities and categories of passengers. Please check the requirements before you travel. If you are travelling to Bahrain, you must take a COVID-19 PCR test on arrival.
COVID-19 PCR testing
All passengers must undergo a COVID-19 PCR test (at their own expense) on arrival. Arriving passengers must remain in self-isolation until they receive the result of the COVID-19 PCR test.
All arriving travellers to the Kingdom of Bahrain are required to pay the cost of two COVID-19 tests at a total of 40 BD, which includes an arrival test fees and an examination test fees that is conducted after their stay in Kingdom of Bahrain for 10 days.
Exemptions
Entry to Bahrain is restricted to Bahraini citizens, residents, GCC citizens who do not need a visa, passengers eligible to obtain a visa on arrival, passengers with a valid eVisa, diplomats, military personnel, airline crew, or holders of official, service or UN passports.
Visas on arrival are reintroduced for citizens of nationalities that are eligible for it. To check if you are eligible for a visa on arrival or apply for an eVisa, please visit the Bahrain eVisa System.
If you're travelling to, from or transiting through Dubai, please check our Travel requirements for Dubai.