In accordance with China's related laws, the Chinese Embassy in Bahrain will collect the ten fingerprints of all visa applicants including Bahraini citizens from 14 April, 2019. The following applicants could be exempted from the aforesaid requirement:

1. Those who are less than 14 years old or more than 70 years old;

2. Those who are holding Diplomatic passports or are eligible to be issued Diplomatic, Service or Courtesy visas (except for those who are required under the principle of reciprocity)；

3. Those who have applied a Chinese visa with the same passport in the past 5 years in the Chinese Embassy in Bahrain, which has collected his or her fingerprints；

4. Those who suffer from mutilation of all ten fingers or whose fingerprints cannot be collected.

Please note that all visa applicants should have their fingerprints collected in person at the Chinese Embassy in Bahrain. Applicants who forge fingerprints or use other people's fingerprints may be denied entry to China and should bear all the consequences by themselves.