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17,000 jobs for Kuwaitis in place of expats

January 10, 20181 Comment

Secretary General of the Government and Manpower Restructuring Program (GMRP) Fawzi Al-Magdali disclosed that proposal to increase the rate of national personnel in private sector to create job opportunities for 17,000 Kuwaitis in place of expatriates has been approved.

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Remittances from expats in Kuwait hit 4520400000 KWD

January 3, 20180 Comments

Remittances from expatriates in Kuwait amounted to $15.3 billion in 2016, said the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat) in report.

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51.8 percent of expats are illiterates in Kuwait

December 17, 20170 Comments

Al-Kandari highlighted the negative impact of population imbalance on national security and stability of the society.

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Procedure completed to replace expats

December 11, 20170 Comments

Director of Fatwa and Legislation Department Advisor Salah Al-Mesad said the sector has completed procedures to replace expatriates with Kuwaitis in administrative positions. He requested Civil Service Commission (CSC) to nominate Kuwaitis for employment in three disciplines, reports Al-Qabas daily.

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Travel ban of 141,458 Expatriates and Kuwaitis

December 10, 20170 Comments

A total of 141,458 people (Kuwaitis and expatriates) were barred from travel during the first nine months of 2017 according to the Statistics and Research Department of the Ministry of Justice.

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Ban renting of private houses to expatriates

December 4, 20170 Comments

A number of real-estate experts expressed their objection to the request made by the Real Estate Association to ban expatriates from renting private houses, insisting that such a request does not have any legal bases, reports Al-Rai daily.

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Permanent residence for expats spending 30 years in Kuwait

November 23, 20170 Comments

Several MPs are gradually coming up to the idea of granting permanent residence to expatriates spending 30 years in Kuwait, amid growing concern about the current demographic imbalance, and issue of marginal workers and visa trade.

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Deportation for Expatriate who repeats offence

November 23, 20170 Comments

Parallel to ambiguity hovering over the constitutionality and legality of the recent amendment to traffic laws regarding penalties for not using safety belt, using mobile phone by hand while, driving and parking on pavement,

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Deport Expat after 5 violations

November 2, 20171 Comment

 The Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs at the Ministry of Interior, Major-General Fahd Al-Shuwea has submitted a proposal to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah according to which any expatriate who commits five serious violations within five years will be deported from the country, reports Al-Anba daily quoting a senior security source.

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Expats nabbed in cafes

October 29, 20170 Comments

Members of the Tripartite Committee formed by the Council of Ministers which includes personnel from the Kuwait Municipality in cooperation with the Interior Ministry organized a surprise inspection campaign in cafés in Fahaheel and arrested a large number of expatriates for violating residence and labor laws, reports Al-Rai daily.

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