Amnesty for illegal expats in Bahrain to end December 31

TDT | Manama

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Indian Embassy yesterday held a virtual open house during which Ambassador Piyush Srivastava interacted with community member directly regarding their consular and labour issues.

During the virtual session, Srivastava briefed community members about the positive developments and measures taken for the welfare of the Indian community.

Based on the feedback received, the embassy said it took measures to expedite the delivery of various services including appointments, the schedules for which were delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Srivastava said the embassy had resumed the services of the volunteers to assist people requiring consular services.

The ambassador also thanked Bahrain for reducing the fees of COVID-19 test from BD 60 to BD 40, which has brought relief to Indian nationals travelling back to Bahrain. Piyush Srivastava said several people have availed of the Amnesty extended by Bahrain.

Amnesty ends this month

He said the embassy has issued over 350 short validity passports to enable Indian nationals to regularise their stay in Bahrain, besides issuing emergency certificates to those travelling to India within Amnesty period.

The scheme, the envoy said, will end on 31st December 2020.

The ambassador also highlighted the recent instance of some fraudsters spoofing the Embassy’s Emergency telephone number 00973-39418071 to illicit personal information and extorts money from Indian nationals under various pretexts.

Srivastava advised the community members not to entertain such telephone calls, and report the matter immediately to the embassy.

Ambassador listened to grievances of the community members present in the Open House.