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I am a Nepali national, my wife and son are already here in Kuwait on visit visa. I would like to know, what is the duration for family visit visa? Is it for 3 months or 1 month only? I am a bit confused. Please advise me.

Name withheld

Answer: The duration of family visa for wife and children is three months and one month for other members of the family.

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Dear Arab Times, we are a construction company with this new law we are confused about engineers residence for no objection certificate and exams from KES, can you please let us know details and documents required so our engineers could benefit?

Name withheld

Answer:

To obtain No-Objection certificate from Kuwait Engineers Society (KES)

1. Go in person to Kuwait Engineers Society
2. For those who have already registered but not renewed, pay KD 20 per year as renewal fees
3. KD 30 for NOC certificate

For those Engineers who are registering for first time following documents are required.
1. Original degree certificate & Marks list attested by University, Home country Foreign affairs and Embassy
2. Engineering society membership in home country
3. Civil ID and Passport and Work permit copies
4. 2 Photos
5. KD 60 (Membership fees and NOC certificate)

For those Engineers who are registering in the union for first time and not in custody of Engineers union membership in their home country or graduating university not certified or acknowledge by Kuwait Ministry of Higher Education following procedure and documents required.
1. Original Degree certificate
2. Grade/marks details
3. KD 70 for Kuwait Engineers Society exams/test
4. KD 60 (Membership fees and NOC certificate)

Make a point to have all these documents ready in hand at-least 45 days prior to residence expiry

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Can I bring my sister-in-law (wife’s sister) and mother-in-law (wife’s mother) to Kuwait? My salary does fulfil the criteria but I need to know if it’s possible to bring them down here, if yes, please let me know the procedure.

Name withheld

Answer: Yes, you can but when they arrive they can stay in Kuwait for only one month. You require the following documents to apply for the invitation.

1. You and your wife’s Civil ID copies

2. The rental agreement

3. Copy of your work permit

4. Passport copies of your mother- and sister-in-laws and an affidavit showing your relationship with them. The affidavit in Arabic should be typed at your embassy from where you also have to get it attested. You will then have to get the same attested by Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs consular services annexe in Shuwaikh.

5. Attach all these documents to an application to the Immigration Department in the area you reside and you will have no problems in getting the visit visa.

• Kindly note that visit visa is valid for 1 month stay only.

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Good day! I just want to ask about giving birth here in Kuwait. My friend is five months pregnant and she is married here in Kuwait to an American citizen. They are both working here. They just got married last Jan 12, 2018, is there any problem if she gives birth here? Because she got pregnant first before the marriage.

Name withheld

Answer: We are not in a position to say with certainty whether your friend will face a problem in giving birth here or not. We however know that having sex outside marriage is an offence here and people have been tried and convicted for breaking this law.

With this in mind, the advice we can give is that your friend must arm herself with reasonable answers to possible tough questions she might face if she decides to deliver her baby here.

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I would like you information on the below matter: My passport expires on 3/3/2019 and my residency expires on 28/8/2018. So is it necessary for me to renew my passport right now? I have heard that there is some rule that if the passport validity is less than a year you should renew it immediately.

Name withheld

Answer: We advise that you renew your passport before the expiry of your residency in order not to make things complicated for you taking into consideration the minimum one year passport validity requirement.

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Thanks for the Legal Clinic for providing right opinion. I would like to know the documents required for obtaining the landline phone in Kuwait. I am staying in Mangaf, Block 4. Advance thank you very much for your valuable information.

Name withheld

Answer: To apply for a landline service, you need to go to the local branch of the Ministry of Communications’ office. The registration process is simple and only takes a few minutes. You need your ID and a proof of residency. You will be charged KD 60 for installation and subscription fees, plus an additional KD 5 stamp fee. All landline calls are free and hence you only have to pay for yearly subscription to the service which is KD 30.

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I was hired by a company and I have completed 10 months in that organization although I have a contract for 2 years. I have now resigned from the company and I am a university degree holder. I want to get a release from my organization. Would it be possible to get a release?

Name withheld

Answer: Unfortunately you are not entitled to a release despite the fact that you are a university degree holder. As you stated, you signed a two-year contract with the company and this must be respected failing which you must bear the consequences as spelt out that if your current sponsor accepts your resignation and equally has no objection to granting you a release, he will be free to do so to enable you join another company.

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I have 2 questions, one is regarding my delivery in Kuwait and also about sponsoring my child’s residence. I work with the Kuwait University (Ministry of Education) and earn a salary of KD 565. My husband does not have a valid residence in Kuwait. I am due for the delivery of my first child this month. My husband is currently with me in Kuwait on visit visa for 3 months duration.

Can I deliver here even if my husband does not have a valid residence? Secondly, since my husband does not have a valid residence here, can I sponsor my child’s residence? Would my husband have to sign a No-Objection in order for me to sponsor? I would appreciate it if you could inform me of the options that I have.

Name withheld

Answer: Yes, you can deliver your baby here in Kuwait but you have to arm yourself with an attested marriage certificate and documentation (exit, arrival in passports) for both you and your husband which will serve as proof that when you picked seed either your husband was here in Kuwait or you were with your husband in your home country or wherever.

On the issue of sponsoring your child’s residence, Kuwait law says that it is only the man who can sponsor the child. However, in rare cases a woman may be allowed to sponsor the child on compassionate grounds. To be able to do this you have to get an exemption which can only be granted by the Director- General of Immigration Department.

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I have been working as an engineer in Kuwait for just two months and in my work permit salary is shown KD 200 (offer letter is KD 450).

I have UAE driving licence also.

1. Please let me know if it is possible to take new licence here in Kuwait.

2. Is it possible to transfer UAE licence, which is easy?

Name withheld

Answer: To qualify to get a Kuwaiti driving licence you have to fulfil the following three conditions:

1. Have a university degree

2. Earn at least KD 600 a month

3. Must have been resident of Kuwait for at least two years at the time of application.

From the above, it is clear that even though we don’t know your educational background, you do not meet the 2nd and 3rd conditions and hence cannot apply for a driving licence in Kuwait.

As to whether it is possible to transfer your UAE licence to that of Kuwait’s all that we can say is that there is no harm in trying as some in the past tried and succeeded, others tried and failed.

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I’m working in Kuwait and in the process of applying for a visit visa for my husband. Although not US citizens we were married in the US, so we got our marriage certificate notarized in the US this Christmas. However the immigration officer at the Kuwait passport office would not accept this notarized copy saying it has to be stamped by the US embassy.

1. does the US embassy provide that service? Or

2. Do I just carry the original certificate and the copy to the Kuwait ministry of interior and then return to passport office?

My confusion is that I read online that the embassy can’t “legalize” that document. Please see attachment and advise me. Thank you

Name withheld

Answer: There is point in carrying the original and copy of the certificate to the ministry or to the Immigration Department since the certificate will not be accepted as it has not been attested to as to whether the US embassy provides such a service why not go to the embassy to check instead of relying on an unauthenticated online information that ‘confuses’ you.

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