Rent in Bahrain

Linda1919 Member

2POSTS

7 years ago

Hello everyone,
Do you have any idea if we can rent a house in Bahrain with our Saudi iqama or not?
We live in Riyadh now and we are moving to Dammam, so we thought it鈥檚 better to go to Bahrain instead.
Would like to hear from you soon.
Thank you .

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logicalindian Bahrain Expert

3515POSTS

7 years ago

kindly go through these posts

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Linda1919 Member

2POSTS

7 years ago

Thank you for the reply, I have checked but didn鈥檛 find an answer if I can rent a house based on my Saudi iqama,
I mean my husband鈥檚 iqama can we rent a house in Bahrain?
I鈥檓 sorry if this was repetitive but I didn鈥檛 find a clear answer either on google or here.

XTang Bahrain/UAE/KSA Expert

11978POSTS

7 years ago

There is no clear answer because it is a grey area.

Legally speaking, landlords should ask for your Bahrain residence visa / CPR before renting to you.聽 However, landlords habitually rent to Saudi Iqama holders, especially for short rentals.聽聽I wouldn't advise it in your situation as you won't be living there short term and would need to have a CPR to pretty much to do everything e.g. bank accounts, phones etc.

However, as an Iqama holder, you can get a paper CPR in Bahrain as well as a longer term visa.聽 The paper CPR will allow you to rent property without issue.

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