Kuwait Expatriates
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Kuwait to raise minimum salary requirement for expat family visas
Kuwait: Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior will be issuing a decision to raise the minimum salary requirement for issuing family/dependent visas to 800 Kuwaiti Dinars (Rs 2,06,404), local media reported. Currently, the salary…
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Kuwait stops issuing visas for families of expats, tourists
Kuwait: The Kuwait authorities have stopped issuing entry visas, to family and tourists, until further notice, local media reported. The Ministry Of Interior has issued verbal instructions to the Residency Affairs Department…
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Kuwait: Citizens to replace expats in government jobs by August
Kuwait: Kuwait government’s plan to replace expatriates in government jobs with citizens will be completed by August this year, local media from the gulf country has reported on Tuesday. According to Arabic…
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Kuwait: Mandatory insurance fees for 60 above expats set at KD500
Kuwait: Kuwait Health Insurance Committee has set the annual health insurance fee for the service, which is mandatory for expatriates over 60 years of age to renew their work permits in the…
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Kuwait is likely to raise govt fees for ex-patriates by 500%
Kuwait: Kuwait is likely to raise the government service fees on ex-patriates by 500 per cent in the next year, local media from the gulf country reported on Saturday. According to the…
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Kuwait: Expats can switch from commercial visit visas to work permit
Kuwait: The expatriates in Kuwait holding commercial visit visas will be permitted to transfer to work permits in the private sector, local media reported on Tuesday. According to Arabic daily Al-Rai newspaper,…
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Kuwait starts receiving vaccinated expats
Kuwait: The Kuwait Airport has started receiving expatriates who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 after months of an entry ban imposed in the wake of the pandemic. Abdullah Al-Bakhsh, monitor of Projects…
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Kuwait sets health rules for entry of expats from August 1
Kuwait: The Kuwait civil aviation authorities on Wednesday has notified airlines operating in the country’s airport updating the health rules related to foreign residents’ entry in the country as a ban on…
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Kuwait: Expats stranded outside the country can now renew residence permits
Kuwait: The Kuwait general administration of residency affairs at the ministry of interior said that expatriates stranded outside the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic can renew their residency permits, local media…
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Kuwait allows return of 179 expats stuck abroad
Kuwait: The Kuwaiti government on Friday allowed the return of 179 expats stranded abroad due to a flight ban imposed in wake of COVID-19 pandemic, local media reported. Kuwait’s cabinet has approved…
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Kuwait 190, 000 illegal expats don’t have access to COVID-19 vaccine
Kuwait: The Kuwaiti 190,000 illegal expatriates do not have access to COVID-19 vaccine alarming concerns in the country, which is struggling to curb the spread of the virus and achieve immunity. Earlier…
