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Residence and visit visas extended for three months.

August 26, 20200 Comments

On humanitarian grounds and due to exceptional cases of stranded expats the Ministry of Interior has extended the residence and visit visa for a period of 3 months starting from September 1st.

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Extending visit visas and residence for another 3 months

August 25, 20200 Comments

Aug 25: On humanitarian grounds and due to exceptional cases of stranded expats the Ministry of Interior will extend residence and visit visa for a period of 3 months starting from September 1st. More details are awaited.

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97,612 expats above 60 yrs of age will not be able to renew their residence

August 24, 20200 Comments

Aug 24: Statistics issued by the Public Authority for Civil Information show there are 97,612 expatiates who have reached the age of 60 and above and renewal of their residence as of permits will not be possible because they hold only higher secondary certificates, lower education or no education at all, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

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New law for transfer of residence from one sponsor to another

August 24, 20200 Comments

Aug 24: The Director General of the Public Authority for Manpower, Ahmed Al-Mousa, announced new requirements related to the transfer of workers from one employer to another.

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Residence transfer of children (dependent visa) to mothers allowed

August 24, 20200 Comments

Aug 23: The General Administration of Residency Affairs have reversed its decision which was issued to six governorates to stop transfer of residence of children to their mothers if father leaves the country permanently or if his residence expires while he is outside the country or even in the event of his death.

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No new intimation for visa extension

August 24, 20200 Comments

Aug 23: The General Administration of Residency Affairs confirmed that the administration has not received any new instructions regarding the extension of residence and all kind of visit visas.

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A Kuwaiti woman fears for lives of daughter and son

August 23, 20200 Comments

Aug 23: A 50-year-old Kuwaiti woman complained to the Ardhiya Police Station, that she fears for her son that one day he will commit suicide or kill her 28-year-old daughter because of his recklessness, reports Al-Anba daily. She told the police “I do not want my son to kill himself and repeat what happened in Umm al-Hayman recently.”

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Validity of PCR test certificate for incoming passengers increased to 96 hrs instead of 72 hrs

August 23, 20200 Comments

Aug 23: As pandemic conditions around the globe are constantly being reviewed by the health authorities, especially for those 31 countries which are being currently restricted in Kuwait (for direct and transit arrivals), where the passengers of these 31 countries have an option to enter Kuwait through an non restricted countries after 14 days with PCR test certificate that they are free from corona virus.

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688 new cases of infection and 506 recovered from coronavirus

August 22, 20200 Comments

Aug 22: The Kuwait Ministry of Health announced that 688 new infections of Coronavirus (Covid-19) were recorded during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases registered in the country to 79,957. Two deaths were also recorded bringing the total number of deaths registered to date to 513.

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Teachers have no rights to give assignments for students after school hours

August 22, 20200 Comments

Aug 22: The Ministry of Education has instructed the administrations of schools not to inform students about their homework outside the official working hours on the electronic portal — from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon, reports Al-Anba daily.

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