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Plan to allow expats to travel in GCC by smart card
Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Passport Affairs in the Interior Ministry Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah has unveiled a plan to allow citizens and expatriates residing in GCC countries to travel between the GCC member-nations using a smart card.
135 arrested in campaign against illegals in Sabah al Ahmad
Ahmadi securitymen arrested 135 individuals, seized eight vehicles and issued 25 traffic citations during a security campaign launched in Sabah Al-Ahmad City.
Transferring visa from Private Sector Project to Government Project
I came to Kuwait (in 1998) on a MEW project visa and after that I changed many companies but remained on the same project visa. Last year, however, I changed my company (from a government project to the private sector — industrial) Now I have again got a better offer from a government project/ contracting company. Continue Reading »
Tax proposed on expat money transfers – Rate up to 5%
MP Faisal Mohamed Al-Kandari has proposed imposing tax on money transfers of expatriates. In a press statement, Al-Kandari pointed out the State of Kuwait hosts about three million expatriates who transfer money to their countries, which reached KD 19 billion in the last five years and this amount is equivalent to the national budget of Kuwait for one year. Continue Reading »
Study to increase the traffic fines by 50 to 100 percent
Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs at the Ministry of Interior Major-General Abdullah Al-Muhanna said the ministry is proposing to increase the value of traffic fines by 50 or 100 percent, reports Al-Anba daily. Continue Reading »
Video – 32 women deported , Kuwait
Thirty-two Zimbabwean women who were allegedly lured into the country under false promises of better jobs and better pay in the private sector but ended working as domestic help have been deported from the country at their request, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting security sources.
