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New agreement between India and Kuwait for Entry Visas
The agreement signed by the governments of Kuwait and India on the mutual exemption of entry visa for diplomatic, official and ‘special’ passports has been implemented from Feb 19, 2019 on the basis of Article 12, Paragraph 1, of the agreement, reports Al-Anba daily quoting diplomatic sources at Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Continue Reading »Toxins in the drinking water
The school health administration of Umm Al-Haiman area has revealed about the presence of toxins in the drinking water, which threatens the health of residents of the area, reports Al-Shahed daily.
Continue Reading »Driving license application and renewal go online
MOI announced that e-driving licenses for citizens will be issued from first week of May, where as for expats online issuing of e-driving license will start by the end of the year.
Continue Reading »New iqama process begins: Civil ID (passport number + Latin name + occupation).
The General Department of Residence Affairs, upon instructions from Assistant Undersecretary of the Residence Affairs Department Major-General Talal Marafie said the Interior Ministry will stop putting residence stickers on passports of expatriates (domestic workers) who renew their residence permits online from March 10, 2019, reports Al-Rai daily.
Continue Reading »Don’t be confused in between passport and civil id during travel
A security source said the complaints of confusion surrounding the ministerial decision among the expatriate community is unjustified; pointing out that the issue is the cancellation of the sticker only for any newcomer and who renews his residence or gets a new residence.
Continue Reading »Online driving license services starts
General Traffic Department yesterday launched an experimental operation to issue and renew driving licenses electronically similar to the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI), reports Al-Anba daily quoting informed sources.
Continue Reading »Court sentenced a Kuwaiti mother to jail
The misdemeanors court sentenced a Kuwaiti mother to a month in jail for mistreating and insulting her children while teaching them.
Arrest ordered of 2,900 Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Egyptian expats in Kuwait
In one of the most serious cases in Kuwait’s history over the past few years, related to trafficking in persons, security sources said the Ministry of the Interior has issued orders to arrest about 2,900 expatriates of different nationalities who were brought into the country by three fictitious companies to work on government contracts and abandoned them with no jobs, reports Al-Anba daily.
Steps taken to deport expat inmates
Head of the panel in charge of dealing with the overcrowding of prisons and correctional facilities Judge Mohammad Al- Duaij revealed that the panel has issued a set of actions for reducing the number of inmates in the prisons and correctional facilities to match the capacity, reports Al-Rai daily. He explained that the capacity of the Central Prison is 3,000 prisoners.
An Arab woman arrested
An Arab woman was arrested at Kuwait International Airport for attempting to smuggle one kilogram of hashish into the country.
