Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Kuwait as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Kuwait: Companies must hire Kuwaiti auditors
With effect from January the 1st 2020, all insurance companies, insurance brokers, companies practicing real estate brokerage, real estate offices dealing with gold and precious metals and money exchange companies must hire Kuwaiti auditors …
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Kuwait: Government bans expat workers from 20 countries
The General Directorate of Residence Affairs of Kuwait has recently made an announcement banning the staffing of domestic workers from five African countries, raising the overall banning list to 20 countries …
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Kuwait: Civil ID to be proof of residency after iqama sticker scrapped
The Kuwaiti authorities have replaced residence stickers on passports with a separate civil ID card issued by the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) …
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Kuwait: Government is considering new linking public holidays for Eid Al Adha
The government is currently considering whether it should introduce new linking public holidays for Eid Al Adha …
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Kuwait: Draft retirement law approved
The perks of public sector employment become more bizarre by the day …
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Kuwait: Expatriate Engineers must obtain no-objection certificate iqama renewal
Under the new directive, it is now compulsory for expatriate engineers in Kuwait to renew their work visas with a ‘no-objection certificate’ (NOC) from the Kuwait Society of Engineers (KSE) …
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Kuwait: Residency permits won’t issue to expats with diabetes, high BP
New health restrictions are being applied to the issuing of residency permits …
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Kuwait: Impose tax on expats’ remittances
The National Assembly’s Financial and Economic Committee is considering a number of proposals to impose taxes on expatriates’ remittances …
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Kuwait: Minimum annual leave increased
The Manpower Authority (PAM) has now ordered the implementation of Law 85 (2017), which increases the minimum annual leave entitlement of all employees to six weeks per year …
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Kuwait: Amnesty extended for illegal residents
An amnesty for residence violations has recently been extended …
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Kuwait: Equal treatment for men and women in military service
Employers may soon need to accommodate time-out for female conscription as well as conscription for young men …
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Kuwait: Law banning permits for below 30 expats opposed
The Public Authority for Manpower is being lobbied by small to medium enterprises to reform Decree No …
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Kuwait: Draconian motoring offence laws
Those hiring cars on business may not be prepared for the Kuwait’s new draconian motoring offence laws …
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Kuwait: Government to reduce foreign citizens number
Around 70% of residents are foreign citizens and there is a strong government drive to reduce this to below 50% …
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Kuwait: Changes to labour law
Changes to labour law agreed in July still await implementation …
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