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FCDO travel advice for Bahrain. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 14 January 2026

• Warnings and insurance

  Regional risks There is a heightened risk of regional tension. Escalation…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  Terrorism There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

Information about moving to, living or retiring in Bahrain – including visas, working, healthcare and driving.

• Updated: 2 January 2026

Updates, news and events from the UK government in Bahrain

• Updated: 18 August 2024

Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from Bahrain for healthcare practitioners.

• Updated: 26 August 2021

Information on the main security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Bahrain.

• Updated: 19 June 2023

• Updated: 19 June 2023

A Joint Statement from the Kingdom of Bahrain, United Kingdom and United States Defence Working Group (DWG).

• Updated: 11 November 2025

The UK Foreign Secretary and Minister Hamish Falconer, along with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain, co-chaired the UK-Bahrain Strategic Dialogue on 24 November 2025.

• Updated: 26 November 2025

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

• Updated: 29 June 2017

Information on legal and detention systems, in Bahrain, for British nationals abroad.

• Updated: 20 March 2025