Tockalosh

Lmao, are you sharing a compound with Arabis ? I mean habaya and dish dash wearing Arabis and not Lebos !

Whilst the former will not be best chuffed with you and your European chums in bikinis and budgie smugglers sharing a hot tub; the Lebos will embrace it with a passion leaving a film of grease on top of the bubbles that will coat the afore mentioned barely dressed in something akin to the poor little gulls after the Exon Valdez sprang a leak.

Either way it will end in tears.

leesk

I arrived on Thursday and although I sucessfully applied for a 3 month evisa online for my son, they would only give him 2 weeks at the airport. We now have to go to Exhibition Rd to see if we can get it extended to 3 months. I would like to hear more about this from others too.

westendgirl1

It seems to depend on which immigration guy you get on arrival at BIA, which is definitely unfair...some are still getting their 3 months and others just 2 weeksand no explanations offered!

westendgirl1

Hi Lee....So did you go to the Exhibition Rd passport office to ask?

scottrace

Someone has posted on UKinBahrain tonight to say that he has spoken with some Govt official and this is all a temporary "blip" and is more to do with the current situation than anything else - so fingers crossed.

westendgirl1

Ah ok thanks for letting us know....yeah fingers crossedjust cant be right that people are getting different treatment.

leesk

I am going on Thursday and will keep you posted.

westendgirl1

thanks

Tockalosh

back through BIA Weds night so will see what the Brits are getting this time

By the way got seriously tear gassed whilst boarding a flight on the apron yesterday evening at 7.30. Its a jolly wicked brew they are using at the moment.

westendgirl1

Dont mean to sound ignorant but `boarding a flight on the apron`?

Tockalosh

When you get on a bus to the outskirts of the tarmac'd area that has planes on it because Gulf wont pay the fees to have them berthed with the flexible tunnel thingy mabobs

westendgirl1

Oh but why were you tear gassed in that area?

Tockalosh

Good question but sadly cant answer that

westendgirl1

So is that only to be looked forward to whilst leaving or can we expect whilst landing as well?..... to be hit with tear gas as well as 2 week visit visas?

Chipsnsalsa

Leesk, you said you applied online for your son, but they only gave him 2 weeks. Does this mean everyone has to apply online now? If a Brit just rocks up at immigration, what happens?