Hello all! I met my partner while he was studying abroad in the U.K. from Saudi Arabia, and we plan on getting married next year. He works in Dhahran, and we researched and discovered that it's extremely difficult to get marriage permission in Saudi Arabia for a Saudi man to marry a foreign girl, especially with the age restrictions, however, he says he has heard of people who live in Bahrain and commute into Saudi Arabia to work, and that it might be easier if we just get married and live together in Bahrain, so we can avoid the whole process of the marriage permission. He also says he would prefer to live in Bahrain anyway.
So my question is this: is it possible for us to get married, perhaps in the U.K. or Bahrain? If we get married in the UK, will it be recognised in Bahrain?
Secondly, if it is possible, what kind of visa would I need to apply for in order to stay with him?