[2] However, in 2016, Bahrainis could have applied to the Ministry of Interior to maintain dual nationality.

[4] His Majesty the Governor has the discretion to grant citizenship to an Arab individual who has performed a great service to Bahrain.

Since 2011 the Bahraini government has revoked the citizenship of around 1,000 major opposition and activist figures in response to protests and disturbances, though some have been reinstated.

[8] A child born in Bahrain to unknown parents is a Bahraini citizen by birth.

[9] If a Bahraini woman marries a foreign man she will lose her citizenship if and when she acquires the nationality of her husband, but she can apply to keep it.

It fell to the discretion of the Interior Ministry to allow dual nationality and each scenario had been decided on case-by-case basis.