Whether you take it or not, I am of the firm belief that some serious issues have simple solutions. 

As of today, many expats in Bahrain are reeling under the menace of travel ban. 

Just imagine that you are on a rush to reach your home country for attending an emergency and all of a sudden 'the travel ban ghost' appears in front of you at the airport for not paying last month's telephone bill for which you have no clue.

Naturally, you become frustrated, irritated and insulted, and most importantly you have no choice but to cancel the trip.

Travel bans arise from many situations such as unpaid bill for your mobile service, rent overdue to the landlord or an outstanding amount against your credit card. 

Though we acknowledge that this is the only existing method to prevent 'frauds' from escaping to their homeland, I am surprised as to why this is only informed to the person concerned at the very last moment.

Technology has grown in such a way that we can even communicate with objects in the moon. Then how come companies are failing to inform their customers about their travel status?

Sending the court order in the form of SMS text, shooting an email or using postal service, I don't think, are cumbersome processes.   

Lately, a friend of mine was held back at the airport, citing a case that was filed against him by a telecom provider. In my knowledge, he has been in Bahrain for the past 25 years and has never encountered any legal issue, hitherto. He was stunned when he realised that he is 'unfit to travel' owing to an overdue bill for the telecom service, which he believed, was disconnected a year ago.

Most often, passengers confront the ban only upon reaching the airport, which is disastrous. Either they are stopped from travelling abroad or forced to wait for one to three days to settle the case.             

Usually, the passenger lose all existing loyalties to the particular brand and curse them because he /she would have missed an important occasion, by then. 

Being a law-abiding resident in this country for the past 20 years, I feel that the ministry concerned should look into this more seriously as such issues can damage the reputation of this beautiful nation.    

The Justice Ministry can solve this issue to a large extent by opening a small office at the airport, having the jurisdiction to settle petty cases, like the ones mentioned above. 

I am confident that this simple solution will definitely set a precedent across the world. On behalf of the expatriate community, I request the ministry concerned along with the officials to deve