Visa trade case adjourned

The First High Criminal Court has adjourned the case in which a Bahraini woman is accused of trading visas. The woman is accused of selling visas each for BD200 by misusing the electronic signature system at her workplace. The case was adjourned for the officials of Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) to present their details on the visas that were traded by the accused.

The accused was employed a school, whose management filed a complaint with police after coming to know about the illegal act, said prosecutors. According to prosecutors, the crime was discovered after a Moroccan woman, who was on the school visa obtained through the accused, tried to change her sponsor.

“When the new sponsor approached the school to get her visa transferred, the school authorities got perplexed as they were totally unaware about her identity. “This led to a suspicion against the accused and subsequently a case was filed.” It is learnt that the accused sold 17 visas to expatriates, charing them BD200 for each visa.