{"question":{"passport":"BHR","destination":"PSE","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Permit, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"permit","message":"Before you travel: entry is by permit from the administering authority, not a visa. See the conditions for who issues it."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[{"kind":"PROCEDURE","text":"Bahrain is listed in Appendix E of the COGAT procedure, so its nationals must receive a visit permit from the Palestinian Authority and may not submit requests or receive permits under that procedure at all — an application to an Israeli representative office is not available. The appendix states its list is determined from time to time, so membership is current as of the 21 December 2022 revision."},{"kind":"PROCEDURE","text":"For the Gaza Strip, all foreigners must apply to the Palestinian Ministry of Interior - General Directorate of Residence and Foreign Affairs - a week before the date of entry, and must regulate their residence with the Directorate if they wish to stay for more than a week."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"piba-eta-data","url":"https://israel-entry.piba.gov.il/api/getalldata","passage":"{\"COUNTRY_L\":\"BAHREIN\",\"COUNTRY_CODE\":\"BHR\",\"EXT_COUNTRY_ID\":61,\"NEED_PERMIT\":1,\"DIPLOMAT_PERMIT\":0,\"Official_Permit\":0,\"NEED_PERMIT_BIOMETRIC\":1,\"DIPLOMAT_PERMIT_BIOMETRIC\":0,\"Official_Permit_Biometric\":0,\"Official_country_name\":\"Bahrain\",\"passport_country\":\"\",\"Exists_Today\":\"\",\"ccc\":\"\",\"fff\":\"\",\"COUNTRY_TEL\":\"BH\"}","explanation":"The record shows NEED_PERMIT 1 for Bahrain, so its nationals are not on Israel's visa-exemption list and must obtain an entry permit in advance; the route that permit takes is fixed by the COGAT procedure, quoted in the condition, because Appendix E names Bahrain (spelled 'Bahrein' there) and clause 2.1.F sends Appendix E nationals to a Palestinian Authority visit permit.","publisher":"\"dataReqTypeId\":[{\"Code\":2100,\"Description\":\"ETA-IL\"}]"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-30","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}