# Bahrain Golden Residency and property laws

- Ministerial Decision No. 20 of 2022 (Minister of Interior), 10 Feb 2022: the Golden Residency law. Categories, 10-year renewable, conditions (good conduct, health insurance, lawful income), dependants, fees BHD 300 each, cancellation grounds. (https://lloc.gov.bh/FullEn/RINT2022.docx)

- Ministerial Decision No. 150 of 2025, 24 Nov 2025: lowers property threshold from BHD 200,000 to BHD 130,000 and repeals the 90-days-a-year presence cancellation ground. Effective on Gazette publication. (https://www.lloc.gov.bh/Legislation/HTM/RINT15025)

- Cabinet Decision No. 47 of 2023 (Gazette 3685, 26 Jun 2023): Platinum Residency. (https://lloc.gov.bh/PDF/RCAB4723.pdf)

- Legislative Decree No. 2 of 2001: non-Bahrainis may own built property and land. (https://www.slrb.gov.bh/uploads/L0201.pdf)

- Council of Ministers Decision No. 43 of 2003 (11 Aug 2003): areas where non-Bahrainis may own (original list). (https://www.slrb.gov.bh/uploads/RCAB4303.pdf)

- Decision No. 8 of 2006: adds Riffa Views as a non-Bahraini ownership area (referenced in Decision 38/2023). (https://lloc.gov.bh/FullEn/RCAB3823.docx)

- Decision No. 38 of 2023 (20 Apr 2023): replaces the list; non-Bahrainis may own only in residential building areas category A, B and C, and investment/tourism areas and projects in the attached schedule and maps. (https://lloc.gov.bh/FullEn/RCAB3823.docx)

- Decision No. 48 of 2023 (26 Jun 2023): Platinum residency holders may own property outside the listed areas, except areas excluded by the Minister of Justice. (https://www.slrb.gov.bh/uploads/RCAB4823.pdf)

- Cabinet decision published April 2025 amending Decision 43/2003: adds Bilaj Al Jazayer (once classified an investment/tourism area) and new parts of Diyar Al Muharraq. Decision number not found. (https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1351821)

- Law No. 27 of 2017 (Real Estate Sector Regulation Law, issued 27 Jul 2017), created RERA; repealed Law 28/2014 on Real Estate Development. Off-plan sales need a RERA project licence and registration in the Off-Plan Sale Projects Register; developer escrow account with a CBB-licensed bank trustee, protected from developer creditors; a retention held for 1 year after handover; notation of the project on the land register. (https://www.lloc.gov.bh/FullEn/K2717.docx)

- SLRB sale registration fee: 2%, reduced to 1.7% if submitted within 60 days of notarisation. Mortgage registration BHD 5. (https://www.slrb.gov.bh/en/services-fees)