Manama, Aug. 19 — (BNA): The Nationality, Passports and Resident Affairs (NPRA) has said there would be an increase in some visa fees, applicable from October, covering Bahrain visitors, tourists and businessmen.

The increase comes within the NPRA’s efforts to improve the services and facilitate the issuance of visas. All types of visit visas and their extensions would be increased, including visas on arrival and their extensions for two weeks, British and Irish visitor’s visas, one-week GCC resident’s visas and 72-hour visas.

The fee increase would not cover labourers and domestic workers, according to NPRA.

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BNA 1107 GMT 2014/08/19