Who dependant residency covers
Dependant residency is a following residency, issued to a resident's family within the prescribed conditions: a spouse, and children within the recognised limits. It is open to an investor as it is to an employee, though the conditions differ with the basis of each one's own residency.
The attested documents
What proves the family relationship is the heart of the file. It must be attested by the recognised authorities in the country of issue, then translated by a certified translator where it is not in Arabic or English.
- A marriage certificate for a spouse, attested.
- Birth certificates for children, attested.
- Valid passports for the family members.
- Proof of the sponsor's residency and employment or commercial registration.
The route and the period
The application follows the settling of the sponsor's own residency, not the other way round. It is completed in 3 working days from the point the documents are in order, and the fee is 90 BHD per application. Identity card formalities follow for each family member, at 10 BHD.
Dependence on the sponsor
Dependant residency is a branch, not a root. If the sponsor's residency ends or lapses for any reason, the residencies attached to it lapse with it. Their dates therefore belong in one calendar with the sponsor's, not scattered across separate ones.
Where applications fail
- An unattested relationship document, or an attestation missing a link in the chain.
- An uncertified translation of a document in a third language.
- Filing the dependant application before the sponsor's residency has settled.
- A child's passport whose remaining validity falls short.
This guide is a general account. Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs is the final reference for any condition or fee.