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68,318 Expats will not be able to renew residence
Sep 2: The Public Authority for Manpower has begun preparing a database for all those who have reached the age of 60 years and over and who are holders of a high school diploma or lesser or having equivalent certificates. As per the decision they will be prohibited from issuing, transferring and renewing a work permit, starting from next year.
Continue Reading »Japanese medicine for treating COVID-19 succeeds in Kuwait
Sept 2: The use of the Japanese drug “Avigan” for treating patients suffering from COVID-19 infection in Kuwait has been showing positive and encouraging results in more than ten days of use, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting informed s from the health sector.
Continue Reading »COVID-19 vaccine in Kuwait by next summer
Sept 1: Dr. Wasel Al-Adasani, a specialist in infectious and internal diseases, says the COVID-19 vaccine will be released officially in the United States of America at the end of this year or early 2021, reports Al-Anba daily.
Continue Reading »89,936 teachers to return to work from Sept 1
Aug 30: From Tuesday, September 1, a total of 89,936 teachers and administrators in all educational levels will return to their schools, announcing the start of the new academic year 2020/2021 with distance education system, while 106,400 public education students will enroll in 856 schools on October 4 to complete the start of the new year, reports Al-Rai daily.
Continue Reading »Transfer of residence from Small Medium Enterprises
Aug 30: The Director of the Public Authority for Manpower, Ahmed Al-Mousa announced that a circular was issued to facilitate the owners of small and medium enterprises in light of the current circumstances, to allow labor transfer registered on small and medium enterprises (SME) to work for the owner of another small and medium enterprise (SME), within the limits of a maximum of three workers registered on the file, without the requirement to attach a wage transfer certificate until the end of the current year provided that the file of the SME is not suspended.
Continue Reading »New registration service for a newborn birth launched
Aug 28: The General Administration of Security Relations and Information at the Ministry of Interior stated that, within the framework of the continuous efforts made by the Ministry of Interior to develop services and facilitate the citizens and work on their comfort and complete their transactions easily and conveniently, the General Administration of Nationality and Travel Documents has added a new service for registering newborns for those under the age of three months in all identity centers in the six governorates.
Continue Reading »Residence and visit visas extended for three months.
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.
Continue Reading »Extending visit visas and residence for another 3 months
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.
Continue Reading »97,612 expats above 60 yrs of age will not be able to renew their residence
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.
Continue Reading »New law for transfer of residence from one sponsor to another
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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