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The
links provided below would be useful for first
time visitors to Bahrain, it will give you a complete
all around information from Bahrain’s history,
laws, rules, visa regulations etc.
There are also useful links to dinning and nightlife,
Bahrain International Circuit.
Telephone and mobile service provides. The links
listed below are official government web sites.
For visa information and application : http://www.immigration.gov.bh/
For all round information about Bahrain,
laws and rules : https://www.e.gov.bh/pub/wps/portal
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· Commercial hours
» Government offices: 07.00-14.15 Sunday to Thursday
» Commercial organisations: Hours vary but 08.00-15.30 or 08.00-13.00 and 15.00-17.30 are common. Five day weeks are becoming favored though many establishments still work Saturday to Thursday
» Shops and supermarkets: Many open 08.30-12.30, 15.30-19.30 six days a week. Markets and shops open Friday mornings (times vary).
» Commercial banks: 07.30-12.00 Saturday to Thursday, and for many branches, 15.30-17.30 on the same afternoons, 07.30-11.00 Thursdays
· Money & Currency
The Bahraini Dinar is linked with the US dollar at US$ 1= BD 0.375 and is divided into 1000 fils. Notes are available in the following denominations: 500 fils (brown), one dinar (red), five dinars (blue), ten dinars (green), and twenty dinars (peach). Coins come in units of 10,25, 50, and 100 fils. Money can be changed easily at any commercial bank or at one of the money changers found in the Soukh. There are no restrictions on the import and export of currency |
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