KUWAIT CITY, May 9: The Acting Director General of the General Administration of Customs Sulaiman Abdulaziz Al-Fahad issued customs instructions regarding electronic services and integrated regular mechanisms for an exit power of attorney for a Kuwaiti vehicle of individuals, through which the mechanism for issuing the power of attorney will be online for the owner of the car and the one being given the power of attorney, and the authentication of the agency through the feature authentications via My Identity application, reports Al-Anba daily. In this regard, informed sources explained that the car travel agency issued by the General Administration of Customs is a service provided to Kuwaiti and Gulf citizens only. The car travel agency service is provided to residents through the agency service at the Ministry of Justice and not customs, which means that the current decision applies to citizens and Gulf nationals only and does not apply to residents.

The new customs instructions No. 18/2023 were based on what was stated in the provisions of the Unified Customs Law of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf No. 10/2003 and its executive regulations, and Customs Instructions No. 50/2003 regarding the implementation of Law No. 10/2003 issuing the Unified Customs Law of the GCC States Cooperation for the Arab Gulf states and law No. 20/2014 regarding electronic transactions and further to customs instructions No. 77/2022. Without prejudice to any obligations arising from other laws in force in the country, and in accordance with what is required by the public interest to facilitate and prepare customs procedures, the following mechanisms are in place for a vehicle travel agency for Kuwaiti individuals through the electronic services of the General Administration of Customs.

The applicant can complete and finalize the procedures for issuing a travel exit permit in a Kuwaiti vehicle for individuals through the following steps:

1. Enter the civil number of the car owner.

2. Enter the civil number of the person entrusted to him.

3. Enter the vehicle plate number.

4. Choose the type of power of attorney (one trip or several trips) and the date of travel.

5. Choose the outlet for issuing the power of attorney.

6. The system checks the information of the car and the owner through electronic link services with the Ministry of Interior.

7. An authentication request is sent through the “My Identity” application to both the car owner and the person entrusted to him, to authenticate the request for issuing a travel agency.

8. After authentication, the applicant pays the electronic stamp fees and service fees through electronic payment services, and then sends a request to issue a power of attorney.

9. After completing the payment operations, the applicant will be able to print a copy of the travel permit with the QR code, through which the authenticity of the document can be verified.

The instructions specified the customs procedures for the port during the creation of the exit movement in the vehicle registration part of the automated customs system. The power of attorney number is entered by the specialist (customs inspector), and the system verifies that the vehicle number matches the vehicle number in the power of attorney, and that the civil number of the owner matches the information with the civil number of the owner by power of attorney, then matching the driver’s civil number with the movement information with the civil number of the person entrusted with the power of attorney.

The instructions also stated that if any of the information entered in the movement does not match with the information entered in the power of attorney, a message appears to the specialist that the movement does not match the power of attorney used. If the type of power of attorney is “one trip” and it was used before in an exit movement, a message appears stating that the power of attorney it has been used before. In the event that the type of power of attorney is “several trips”, the system verifies the expiry of the power of attorney as determined during the issuance of the power of attorney. If it is completed, a message stating that the power of attorney has expired will appear.

Al-Fahad stressed in the instructions that the expert must take into account the use of the civil numbers of both the owner and the driver in the vehicle movement information, for the purposes of verifying the one exiting, as the travel agency that is issued from the services portal is issued based on the civil numbers on the authentication processes that take place through the “My Identity” application, provided that the new instructions will be implemented starting from earlier this week.