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5-days holiday for Kuwait National Days this year Kuwait Government Public Holidays for Independence Day & Liberation Day - 2020 - February The holidays of Kuwait’s Independence Day and Liberation Day will fall on Tuesday, February 25 and Wednesday, February 26 respectively. Thursday, February 27 will be considered as a holiday since it falls between a public holiday and the weekend, based on the Cabinet’s decision No. 4/1979 issued on July 22, 1979 concerning public holidays, and amendments to it through decision No. 252 concerning the transfer of some public holidays, reports Al-Anba daily quoting informed sources. They stressed that, based on these two decision, the National Days holidays will be from Tuesday, February 25 to Saturday, February 29, adding that official work will resume on March 1 without the need for a new decision from the Cabinet. Source : Internet   Online renewal of driving licenses begins – Procedure to collect t…

Kuwait Residency renewal Online, iiQ8News   Expatriate can now submit residency renewal application online In a major step towards the complete online renewal of residency permit, expatriates can now submit the residency renewal form online. The Ministry of Interior has opened a new service on its website where an expatriate or the representative of the company (mandoub) where he works, can fill out the form for renewing residency or obtain a visit permit online. This will avoid submitting the printed application at the residency renewal department. The new online service includes filling in all the data and verifying them and then obtaining a receipt. Expatriates can submit the receipt at the residence departments to complete the rest of the procedures manually related to renewing the residency or obtaining a visit permit. The service is available now at Ministry of Interior website https://t.co/ct2EHQI7Me     Arabic Link …

4 Days holiday for New Year 2020, iiQ8News   It is official: Four days holiday declared for New Year The Civil Service commission, Kuwait  today officially declared that both Wednesday January 1st and Thursday January 2nd will be official holiday for New Year. The work will resume on Sunday January 5th. Civil Service Commission CSC today issued a circular in this regard. This will give four consecutive holidays for all the Governmental organisations for this New Year 2020.    

Kuwait Government announced new cabinet, iiQ8news 🇰🇼KUWAIT NEW CABINET ANNOUNCED 🇰🇼 1- Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. 2- Anas Khaled Nasser Al-Saleh, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs. 3- Khaled Nasser Al-Roudhan, Minister of Commerce and Industry. 4- Mohammad Nasser Al-Jabri, Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth affairs. 5- Dr. Basel Humoud Al-Sabah, Minister of Health. 6- Dr. Fahad Mohammad Al-Afasi, Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. 7- Dr. Khaled Ali Al-Fadhel, Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water. 8- Mariam Aqeel Al-Aqeel, Minister of Finance and Acting Minister of State for Economic Affairs. 9- Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs. 10- Dr. Rana Abdullah Al-Fares, Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Housing Affairs. 11- Dr. Saud Hi…

Kuwait Government targets to appoint 10,000 citizens in private sector December 18, 2019 Government is targeting to appoint 10,000 number of citizens for appointment in the private sector during the next two years. A decision in this regard will be issued at the start of the new year, Finance Minister and Acting State Minister for Economic Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel said. The manpower authority’s vision towards increasing the percentage of citizens employed in the private sector is according to law 19/2000, whose article 9 authorized the Council of Ministers to decide such percentages and commit non-government entities to comply with them, she added. Authority has studied the needs of the marketplace and education graduates, and then proposes the percentage that must be implemented. The matter will then be sent to the fatwa and legislation department to review it and frame it in a legal text.   https://www.indianinq8.com/a2-kuwait-bus-route-a2-khaitan-fa…

Now Expats can transfer Visit Visa to Work Visa in Kuwait, iiQ8News   KUWAIT CITY, Oct 22: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah issued a ministerial decree No. 957 of 2019 to allow visit visas to transfer to residence visa for expats reports Al Anba. Visit visas can be transferred to residence visa for following categories: Dependents arriving on family or tourist visit visas Domestic helpers Holders of valid residence who donot exceed stay of 6 months outside Kuwait and have to enter with a visit visa Those who enter for work and start procedure to get residency but have to leave for maximum one month Visitors of ministries and public authorities with Govt visit visa Fees: KD 3 to obtain visa on arrival Renewal of residence KD 10 per year/ per person Dependent residency fees for spouses and children KD 10 per year/ per person. The by-laws and laws in detail: Article 1: It is not permissible to enter or exi…

Employees can en-cash 180 days leave during service Minister of Finance, Dr Nayef al-Hajraf will soon issue a decision that will allow the employees to encash 180 days of annual leave in accordance with the comprehensive salary. MP Khalil Al-Saleh in a statement to the Parliament media office said that he coordinated with the Minister of Finance and reached a positive agreement to amend the Civil Service Law to address this issue and give the employees the right to cash the leave. The current law provides a cash allowance for the employee’s leave only at the time of retirement, but the decision will allow the employees to benefit from it during service. This amendment is a victory for the rights of employees, by giving them the right to exchange their leave for cash allowance without the need to wait for retirement, but with certain conditions, as it reduces the burden on citizens.    

Expats to renew residence online very soon KUWAIT CITY, September 24 : Finally, more than 3 million expatriates working in the private sector can renew their residency electronically, in a step towards the completion of technical services and the application of e-government, to eliminate the paperwork and reduce the congestion in the corridors of ministries reports Al Qabas The Ministry of Interior, is preparing to launch a new system to renew the residencies of Article 18 for civil sector workers, in October, in order to serve more than 3 million expatriates in the country. This service, which will be launched by the Ministry of Interior through its website where it will be possible to renew the residence of the expatriate and his wife and children automatically without going to the passport offices/residence affairs in their governorates, nor carrying documents to review, this project is the largest and most important to keep up with the new vision of Kuwait towar…

5 dead, 75 injured as 5.8 magnitude quake jolts Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, tremors felt in North India Five people died and 75 were injured after an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale hit Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir's Mirpur on Tuesday at 4:32 pm. The epicentre of the earthquake was 140 kilometres from Srinagar at the depth of 10 kilometres, the United States Geological Survey reported. According to co-ordinates released by the US agency, the epicentre of the earthquake was located near the New Mirpur city in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. List Of Best Destinations in Kerala, India 10 Things To Do God’s Own Country   Tremors of the earthquake were felt in Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh, Kashmir, parts of Himachal as well as several towns in Pakistan, including Islamabad, Lahore and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa range. The epicentre of the earthquake was 140 kilometres from Srinagar. (Image: Google Maps) Soon after the earthquake struck, Twitter was filled with phot…

New fees for sick leaves and certificates from MoH, Kuwait, iiQ8News Tuesday, September 24, 2019 The health ministry has implemented a new fee scheme that includes a KD 2 fee for authentication of sick leaves issued by the private sector. The new fees are for services offered by the medical council to expats, including KD 20 for medical examination for those applying to work in the public and private sectors; KD 5 for medical examination for those seeking disability aid and age estimation; KD 10 for “medically unfit”, “to whom it may concern” and proportion of disability due to injury certificates; and KD 5 to approve sick leaves issued by non-government doctors inside or outside Kuwait. The health ministry also imposed fees for approving advertisements - KD 50 for three months for licensing ads for health-related products and KD 100 for licensing ads about companies or health facilities. The ministry also imposed fees for analysis at drug registration laboratories…

Kuwait advised people to rely on official news; Avoid circulation of fake news The Kuwaiti government has advised citizens and residents to rely on the State official sources to get credible and accurate information, especially on the situation in the region. In a press statement on Wednesday, the Government Spokesman Tareq Al-Mezrem clarified that reliance on the official sources would help avoid circulation of rumors or fake news. In such situations, rumors and fake news were posted and circulated through social networking sites or other media tools, he cautioned. “So, the government urges everyone, without exceptions, to get the accurate information from the official sources, mainly the Kuwait News Agency and the official accounts of the State ministries on social networking sites,” he said. Al-Mezrem called on citizens and residents to disregard rumors and fabricated information and avoid spreading them. He reiterated the need of reliance on the official s…