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A Kuwaiti woman fears for lives of daughter and son
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.”
Continue Reading »Validity of PCR test certificate for incoming passengers increased to 96 hrs instead of 72 hrs
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.
Continue Reading »688 new cases of infection and 506 recovered from coronavirus
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.
Continue Reading »Teachers have no rights to give assignments for students after school hours
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.
Continue Reading »Intensive campaign to arrest 120,000 illegal expats postponed
Aug 20: The extensive security campaigns aimed at arresting more than 120,000 expatriates who violated the Residency Law have been postponed due to overcrowding in the Central Prison and Deportation Center, reports Al-Jarida daily quoting an informed security from the Residency Affairs General Department in the Interior Ministry.
Continue Reading »Allowing restricted group of stranded expats returning with prior approval
Aug 19: While the Ministry of Health is working on a daily assessment on pandemic situation and its spread of the Coronavirus, a government study is underway to prepare on organizing and regulating the gradual return of expats from abroad during the coming period, including those expats stranded in 31 restricted countries their health checks on the one hand and the requirements of state sectors wheel of the economy moving on the other hand, similar to what other countries have followed and benefited from their experiences.
Continue Reading »35,000 Indians leaving Kuwait in two weeks
Aug 19: Indian nationals from Kuwait continue to leave the country to return to their homeland. Second phase was launched yesterday, which increased its daily quota from 1,000 passengers to 2,500 passengers on approximately 14 flights.
Continue Reading »No dependent visa for expats above 18, unless pursuing further studies
Aug 19: The Public Authority of Manpower intends to issue another decision which would change the imbalance of demographics and create an impact on the labor market.
Continue Reading »Ban on academic qualification amendment for expat over 50
Aug 19: The Labor Affairs Sector of the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) has instructed all labor departments in all governorates not to receive transactions related to amendment of academic qualification in the work permit from high school level to university level for expatriate workers who are 50 years and above.
Continue Reading »Visit visas transfer to dependent (family) visa not allowed
Aug 19: Instructions have been issued to stop converting visit visas of all kinds into residency for those who entered the country since the beginning of this year.
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