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Kuwait City, 31st January 2022: New rules for expatriates above 60 years old employment take effect, iiQ8 info Applicants are required to pay annual fee of KD250, get health insurance Starting from today (Sunday), expatriates above 60 who hold in university degree in Kuwait can apply for renewing their work permits according to new rules that have ended a months-long ban. The implementation of the new rules comes after Kuwait’s official Gazette Kuwait Today published details of the new system allowing this category of expatriates to apply for permit renewal provided they pay an annual fee of KD250 per person and get comprehensive health insurance. The rules will be reviewed after a year. Exempted are spouses and children of Kuwaiti citizens and Palestinian holders of travel documents. Last week, the Public Authority of Manpower (PAM) board headed by the recently appointed Justice Minister Jamal Al Jallawi approved the new system, thus putting an end to the dis…

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Kuwait metro train called into question, iiQ8 info New feasibility studies are planned on building 160-km-long project. Doubts have grown over the construction of a high-speed metro in Kuwait in partnership between the government and the private sector, according to a local newspaper. “A decision to cancel the metro project has not been officially taken. But all results reached by the Authority of Partnership Projects, after studying the economic feasibility of the project, have emphasised that its implementation is economically unfeasible at least for the time being,” Al Rai quoted close sources at the Public Authority for Roads and Land Transport as saying. New feasible studies on the metro project are planned to make sure that Kuwait needs its implementation at present or postpone it, the sources added. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The project has been put on hold since 2015 until the Public Authority for Roads and Land Transp…

Kuwait City, 28th January 2022:   How much price for PCR Test in Kuwait ? The Ministry of Health, Kuwait amended the price of the PCR test for the Covid-19 virus.   According to new circular, starting from next Sunday (30th January 2022) , the price of  of PCR test should not exceed 6 KD.   Cheap price PCR Test in Kuwait. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Unprecedented COVID-19 Wave in Kuwait, Ministry of Health Kuwait Minister

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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…

Kuwait City, 20th January 2022: Kuwait Work inspections target expats above 60 years, iiQ8 info Report: Employers fire expats as months-long ban on renewing their permits drags on While around 54,000 expatriates above 60 in Kuwait are desperately awaiting an end to a months-long ban on renewing of their work permits, they are also becoming the target of a wave of inspections at the workplace amid the standoff, a Kuwaiti newspaper has reported. A disputed ban on renewing work permits for this category of expatriates who hold no university degree has been in effect in Kuwait for several months now, spelling trouble for them and their families. Some companies this week terminated the service of its foreign employees above 60, Al Rai newspaper said, citing unidentified sources. The employers told those expatriates that they had to fire them in an attempt to curb potential problems. The affected expatriates were also promised that they could be reinstated, dependin…

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Kuwait City, 18th January 2022: 72 Hours Quarantine is not mandatory in Kuwait, iiQ8 info The Council of Ministers agreed to cancel the mandatory 72 hours quarantine for arriving passengers to Kuwait. All arriving passengers will be in quarantine for 7 days after arrival and may end the quarantine after testing negative for a PCR test after arrival at anytime. Earlier the passenger must wait for 72 hours to conduct the PCR test. However the cabinet cancel this condition and the arriving passenger can conduct the PCR immediately after arrival to end quarantine. Meanwhile, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation also informed that the arriving passengers can end the quarantine immediately after conducting a PCR test on arrival. Kuwait’s Cabinet announced on Monday resuming commercial flights with South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi. #KuwaitTimes #KuwaitNews #Kuwait Civil Aviation: #Kuwa…

Kuwait City, 13th January 2022: Kuwait Ministry of Social Affairs issues circular regarding detailing working hours, terms and conditions The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Abdulaziz Shuaib has issued an administrative circular regarding reducing the workforce, implementing flexible working systems, hours and times, and holding meetings, conferences and courses through remote communication. The circular called on all organizational units in the ministry to abide by the following: First: The percentage of workers in a single workplace should not exceed 50%. In the event that any of the organizational units needs to increase the number of workers in accordance with the requirements of the public interest and work conditions, the Administrative Affairs Department must be addressed with justifications and coordination should be done with the Civil Service Commission in this regard. Second: The continuation of people exempting from hours according…

Kuwait City, 13th January 2022: Kuwait - No closing the airport, nurseries, or returning schools “online”, iiQ8 Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Ministerial Committee for Corona Emergencies Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali confirmed in a statement to Al-Rai that “closing the airport, nurseries, or the return of schools for distance education (online) has become a thing of the past.” He said, “We try as much as we can to help the people of Kuwait,” noting that there were difficult recommendations, that were taken to the Corona Committee at the least. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); He stressed that distance education had very big negatives, and we are trying to balance the procedures. He added: My sisters, owners of nurseries, visited me, and God will help them, and there was a recommendation to close nurseries, but the Corona Committee decided to remain open with an …

Kuwait City, 12th January 2022: 700 KD Salary a Must for Expats to take Loans from Banks in Kuwait, iiQ8 info Kuwait : KD700 salary a must for expats' loaning Banks toughen policy for expats to avoid defaults Some banks in Kuwait have adopted a tougher lending policy towards expatriates, including setting KD700 as a minimum monthly salary for the would-be borrower, according to a local newspaper. After a short relaxation in rules for offering loans to expatriates in Kuwait, several banks have reinstated tough borrowing measures to head off defaults, Al Rai reported, citing close sources. The restrictions include imposing a ban on loans to migrant workers whose salaries are lower than KD700 and prohibiting the rescheduling of their present loans, they added. In addition, these banks have stopped finances to the recently employed expatriates unless they have secured or highly paid jobs, they said Exempted from the new salary limit are expatriates who have an…

Kuwait City, 12th January 2022: Kuwait to allow entry of infected people who ended quarantine, iiQ8 info The Directorate General of the Civil Aviation (DGCA) of Kuwait has issued a new circular to all airlines about new measures to allow the entry of arrivals who were infected outside Kuwait and ended their isolation period. In its circular, the DGCA stipulated that vaccinated passengers have to submit a positive PCR test result certificate between a period of (7 to 28 days) prior to the date of the arrival. Meanwhile, unvaccinated passengers (only Kuwaitis) have to submit a positive PCR test result certificate between a period of (10 to 28 days) prior to the date of the arrival, it added. The DGCA announced that the new measures will be effective as of Wednesday 00:01 AM 12th January, 2022 Kuwait local time with due consideration to the previous cabinet decisions regarding identifying people who are allowed to enter the country. Source - KUNA (a…