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Kuwait City, 25th January 2022: 60+ Years Residency Renewal Approved, Work Permits Granted for 1 year, iiQ8 info Kuwait The Public Authority for Manpower agreed to allow residents aged 60 and older who do not have university degrees to renew their visas for a KD 250 annual fee plus a private health insurance. WORK PERMITS GRANTED FOR EXPATS AGED 60, EFFECTIVE FOR A YEAR • Kuwait Minister of Justice & Minister of State for "Nazaha" Boosting Affairs Jamal announced on Monday allowing issuance of work permits for expatriates aged 60 & above, who hold a high school degree or a lower educational degree. • Permits would be issued for a KD250 fee, the concerned workers must have full health insurance from one of the insurance companies, listed in Boursa Kuwait. •The decision is applicable to other segments such as hupbancis of Kuwaiti women, children of Kuwaiti female citizens wives of Kuwaitis & Palestinians who hold residency documents. • It is effec…

Kuwait City, 20th January 2022: Kuwait Airways suspends flights to Sri Lanka, Local offices decline to settle dues, iiQ8 info Kuwait Airways Corporation has suspended flights to Sri Lanka this week, in the midst of what the airlines called the “dollar crisis” and airlines’ reluctance to increase flights, as local offices declined to settle dues.   Therefore, Kuwait Airways ended its operations to Sri Lanka last September, which was only one flight per week, without giving official reasons, reports Al-Jarida daily. Reliable sources said that “the airline’s revenues were very low, compared to the operating costs of the flight to Sri Lanka.” The decision not to fly is expected to last for a long period of time and will mostly affect the movement of migrant workers, as thousands of Sri Lankans use “Kuwaitia” to travel to work in West Asia and the Gulf states. And according to the Sunday Times, there are indications that another airline is now re-evaluating its o…