I am doing research on Kuwaiti laws regarding the immigration, labor and the country’s penal c Read More... ode. In this regard, I am wondering where I can get books or sources on those issues or are there some links.Name withheldAnswer: It’s very easy these days to get any information, especially with the Internet services doing wonders. If you are just interested in getting a soft copy, then just search on Google for Kuwait immigration, Kuwait Labor Law or Kuwait Penal Code and you will get scores of sites, including a number of the Arab Times pages, supplying information on the above subjects.To get hard copies, you have to visit one of the many major translation offices in Kuwait City. Some of these translation offices have done a wonderful job in translating the original Arabic text into English.You can also visit some of the major book stores in Kuwait City, with the biggest one located in the basement of the Al Muthanna Complex, opposite to the JW Marriott Hotel.Source - Arab TimesNote - All the answers were provided by Arab Times Legal Clinic.

I have been on an Article 18 visa since 2010 in Kuwait. I’m a woman, recently married to a Fil Read More... ipino guy who is living in my country. I would like to ask if I can get a visit visa or dependent visa to bring him to Kuwait to live with me. My mother and brother are already in Kuwait, so I want him to be here also. My current salary on my work permit is KD 260/ month. Will they allow woman to bring her husband on a dependent visa? What is the salary bracket in this connection?Name withheldAnswer: According to the Kuwait law, wives are not allowed to sponsor their husbands on dependent visas so the only thing you can do is get him to Kuwait – for a very short while – on a visit visa.You won’t face any problems in getting the visit visa as long as you have a rental agreement which shows that you have your own place to live plus a work permit which shows you earning at least KD 250.It doesn’t matter what you are earning. What matters is the figure mentioned on the work permit.Source - Arab TimesNote - All the answers were provided by Arab Times Legal Clinic.

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The device comes in box with all new accessories!  Included:         [ Read More... Choose Color,GB] iPhone 6S PLUS 16/64/128GB – Clean ESN for T-Mobile ONLY ! with the remainder of the Original Apple Warranty that is issued with each device until September 2017!        Headphones with mic        USB charger cable        Power adapter        iPhone manual        Box (as pictured)        60- Day warranty for manufacturer defectsThe device will be warranted through me for 1 Years.  The warranty will cover manufacturer defects.  The device also comes with the remainder of the Original Apple Warranty that is issued with each device until September 2017!

I came to Kuwait on Oct 8, 2012 on a farm (agriculture) visa. Now I want to transfer my iqama (resid Read More... ence) to a company … so please let me know whether I can transfer my iqama because I have been with a single sponsor last three and half years.Name withheldAnswer: Over the last few months we have repeatedly stressed that people working on farms can transfer, after completing the obligatory period for such transfer, to even Article 18 (work permits) but only if this transfer is to the company of the same sponsor.So, it is very clear that you can’t transfer to another company regardless of your service. But if you want to transfer from one sort of farm to another, this shouldn’t be difficult at all if the farm belongs to your current sponsor.The only time one faces difficulty in such cases is if the farm you want to transfer belongs to another sponsor. In such a case you have to wait three years to make such a request.Please also remember that the Ministry of Interior, through the Immigration Department, is very strict on transfer of expatriates on “shepherd visas” to jobs other than that of shepherds. A senior Public Authority for Manpower official recently voiced this restriction as a measure to cut down the trade in visas and to ensure that expatriates stick to line of work for which they have been issued visas to work in Kuwait.Source - Arab TimesNote - All the answers were provided by Arab Times Legal Clinic.

I am working in a catering company based in a US Army camp, Kuwait. I have already completed three y Read More... ears with this firm and am still working there. My visa is Article 18. I want to get a release and join another company in Kuwait City … is it possible?Name withheldAnswer: Before we go on, we would like to point out that you have not mentioned whether you were a local transfer to this firm or were hired from abroad.Secondly, please understand that regardless of the fact that you are working at a US camp, you must be there on the sponsorship of some Kuwait company, which ensures that you fall under the Kuwait Labor Law.In such a case, if you transferred to your current sponsor from another Kuwaiti company locally then you can’t be stopped from joining another firm as you have already done more than the one year service required for such a transfer.If, however, you were hired from abroad there could be slight complications although it is likely that you could be allowed to transfer your residence.If the company gives you a release then there will not be any problem in the transfer but in case the company does not give you the release then you will have to approach the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor.The ministry has set a period of three years service to approve such transfers so it could approve your request. But there is also a chance that the transfer request could be rejected. There is, however, nothing stopping you from trying.Source - Arab TimesNote - All the answers were provided by Arab Times Legal Clinic.

I am drawing a monthly salary of KD 600 and I submitted a visa application for my wife at the Subhan Read More... Immigration Department, but they asked me to return at a later date.So, I went back to the same Immigration Department after a few days and without checking in the computer, the officials asked my nationality. On being told that I was a Pakistani, he said “ for sure your application has been rejected”. He then checked in the computer and after re-checking my wife’s name, he confirmed that my application had been rejected. While we seek Allah’s help in this regard, we would like to know when such applications of Pakistanis will be accepted.Name withheldAnswer: It’s really unfortunate but this situation has been prevailing for over six years now and, although there has been a lot of talk, it seems very unlikely that the situation will improve in the very near future. The authorities have linked the current “restriction” on the issuance of visas to Pakistanis to the security situation in that country.Talking about the “official version”, officials say that all types of visas are being issued to Pakistanis but these are limited in number as the procedures to obtain these have been tightened. Only those who “know their way” around the various obstacles manage to get these visas because their issuance to Pakistanis is very, very restricted.In some cases, there is a requirement to obtain an NOC from the Ministry of Interior. Applications in this regard are received by the Ministry of Interior in Sharq and the authority to issue these NOCs has now been delegated to an Assistant Undersecretary at the ministry.Earlier, this authority only lay with the Undersecretary, a very senior official whose ranking comes only after the minister. The Ministry of Interior office where you need to give your application is located next to the Awqaf Complex (on Mubarak Al Kabeer Street) in Sharq, although the gate from where you will be allowed to enter lies on totally the opposite side on Othman Bin Affan Street. Source - Arab TimesNote - All the answers were provided by Arab Times Legal Clinic.

I came to Kuwait (in 1998) on a MEW project visa and after that I changed many companies but remaine Read More... d on the same project visa. Last year, however, I changed my company (from a government project to the private sector — industrial) Now I have again got a better offer from a government project/ contracting company.Please advise me whether my visa can be transferred or not (from the private sector to a government project visa)?I am asking this question because my new company sponsor’s mandoob (company representative) says that my residence cannot be transferred because when I entered Kuwait for the first time it was on a government project visa.Name withheldAnswer: No, the company representative is wrong. It’s the other way around because you can transfer at any time to a government project residence.There is no bar on the time nor are any restrictions as mentioned by the mandoob.If the mandoob keeps insisting on his stand the best thing would be to get a clarification from the Legal Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor. Source - Arab TimesNote - All the answers were provided by Arab Times Legal Clinic.

I am from Bangladesh and I am working in a very big local group as a purchasing assistant …my Read More... salary is KD 361. Can I get a family visa for my wife and if “yes” can you detail the procedure to process the application.Name withheldAnswer: Unfortunately, new visas for Bangladeshis are still banned which means you can’t get a visa for your wife until the restrictions imposed in this regard are waived and the ban lifted.Source - Arab TimesNote - All the answers were provided by Arab Times Legal Clinic.

I have been working as a registered nurse in a medical clinic for 2 years and 7 months now. My resid Read More... ence was locally transferred from another clinic to this clinic.I gave my resignation last week with a 3-month notice period, because there is no benefit in any way from this clinic since I joined, and I have received a better offer from another clinic.The manager refuses to give a reply to my resignation letter, saying that there is a new law which prohibits transfer of residence before 3 years, even though I was locally hired. Is this true? … if not, what is the procedure I should adopt for the manager to accept my resignation and give me the release to transfer my residence?Name withheld Answer: The manager is not telling you the truth as there has been change to the law and local transfers are allowed after one year.If the manager refuses to accept your resignation, send him a copy of the same through registered post and also an e-mail. All you need is a confirmation that he has received the resignation.You don’t need his permission to leave the clinic. If the manager refuses to let you go, just file a complaint with the Labor Office in your area and this office will sanction your transfer to the company /clinic that you wish to join.Source - Arab TimesNote - All the answers were provided by Arab Times Legal Clinic.

I requested by e-mail and also visited personally — within two days — a holiday time sha Read More... ring company, located in Kuwait to cancel a contract signed by me for KD 2,600. I had paid KD 300 in advance. The company now says that the contract cannot be cancelled and that I will have to pay the full balance amount of KD 2,300 or else the company will have a travel ban imposed on me. I have not used any facility from them so far and I want to cancel the contract.Can I do that? Or is what I am asking wrong? Or can the company impose a travel ban on me if I don’t pay the balance?Name withheldAnswer: You have landed yourself in trouble by signing this contract. Once you have signed such a contract you have to abide by it or you could face legal consequences. It doesn’t matter that you have not availed any facility. The only thing that can save you is the contract itself if it contains a clause — like many, but not all contracts these days — which has a “cooling off period” after signing the contract.This period — when mentioned — is the number of days or weeks given to both the parties to break the contract — after the signing of the contract without any legal obligations.In your case you have not mentioned if there is any such clause in your contract. You have also to check which country this timeshare company operates from and then review the laws on timeshare in that country. As far as Kuwait is concerned, it is our understanding that there are no laws specific on the timeshare facility. But if you have signed a contract, you have to honor it and can’t back out of it even if you don’t use the service.Thousands of people worldwide, and hundreds in Kuwait, face this problem every year because they are literally “trapped” into signing contracts — without examining them — by some companies. Ignorance of the complications involved land people in trouble with only some timeshare firms because a lot of the good firms have an “escape” clause for both the buyer and seller of these contracts.The problem was so huge in Europe that the European Commission (EU) passed a law in 2011 which requires that all time shares or long-time holiday products — with contracts of over a year — have a 14-day cooling off period in which the buyer has the right to cancel the contract without having to pay anything to the seller.Many countries worldwide have adopted such a law. We don’t know if your contract contains such a clause. If it doesn’t you have no option but to pay up. On the issue of a travel ban being imposed on you, the company itself can’t impose such a ban — it has to request the Ministry of Interior or Ministry of Justice for the same. It is then up to these ministries to accept or deny the request depending on the evidence and severity of the case.Source - Arab TimesNote - All the answers were provide by Arab Times Legal Clinic.

I have the following important question: My wife has a Hepatitis C minor, can she get a dependent vi Read More... sa?Name withheldAnswer: According to Kuwait’s Health and Interior ministries, if any person has Hepatitis C he is not allowed to get Kuwait residence. This is true for almost every infectious disease.So, we are sorry you will not be allowed to get dependent residence for your wife.Please remember that even if you manage to get a visa for her, she will face a battery of health tests for the residence formalities when she lands in Kuwait and once she is found to have Hepatitis C, she will be deported.For some diseases (like HIV and leprosy), the expatriates are immediately deported but for diseases like TB or Hepatitis the expatriates are given six to 12 months before they are deported.This is done on humanitarian grounds. During the period in Kuwait they are given proper treatment before they are sent back. But this is only for expatriates already in the country. New arrivals are deported immediately once their disease is diagnosed.Source - Arab TimesNote - All the answers were provided by Arab Times Legal Clinic.