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1) Furnished or Non-furnished. It depends on your budget and the length of your stay. If you are planning to stay more than 3 years it's better to get un-furnished and get it furnished. Check the furniture in the second-hand market of Bahrain. If it's costly and quality less compared to yours in Saudi then bring your furniture from Saudi.

2) If reckon you can drive it in Bahrain as long as you keep renewing the insurance issued from the Saudi causeway. If the police enquire you can show the Saudi driving license and they will leave you. It is suggested to change the number plate if you are not planning to visit Saudi anymore.

3) Same time. Yes, you can keep the license if you can show a valid iqama.

1) Matter of your preferences really.  But as a general rule of thumb, moving furniture for a small apartment is not worth the hassle

2) Theoretically speaking, as per the rules, your car needs to exit once after 3 weeks.  This is what Muroor in Saudi will tell you.  However, the rule is not enforced.  The second thing you need to check is your insurance policy.  Most policies, even with GCC wide coverage, do not cover your car beyond a limited time period e.g. 90 days a year and a maximum of 2-3 weeks each trip in another GCC country (read the fine print in your policy).  I am referring to own damage, you will still have to buy third party insurance separately.  I had to use corporate connections to get a policy that covers me for the whole year in Saudi and Bahrain irrespective of time spent in either country.  So to avoid hassle, it is better to export the car from Saudi and then put Bahrain number plates on it.  Process has been detailed in the forum

3) Yes.  But be aware that Bahrain traffic in the recent past started asking for a letter or an electronic print out from Saudi Traffic to show that the license is valid (I suspect they are checking Iqama validity).  I am not sure if they are still following it or not

Thank you very much.

Can you share with me the link where the process to transfer car is given already.

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Hello and welcome to Bahrain !

I can help you find a suitable apartment. My friend has an office of renting properties. Let me know if you are interested to link you together.

Regards,

Adnan