Non-graduate 60-year-old Expatriates Find Themselves In No-man’s Land

The government delay in resolving the issue of the non-graduate expatriates who are sixty years and above has become a nightmare for this category of residents.

Al-Rai has learned from what it called ‘informed sources’ that this torturous issue continues to haunt these expatriates — some of whom spend sleepless nights — to save 500 dinars to pay for their private health insurance in addition to another sum of money to renew their work permit.

The daily quoting the so-called ‘informed sources’ said this category of expatriates are now threatened with suspension of their bank accounts because they do not hold a valid Civil ID, which means their accounts will be literally frozen and they will neither be able to withdraw nor transfer their own money for no fault of theirs.

The ‘informed sources’ told Al-Rai because of the delay in taking a decision to solve this problem, the banks will find themselves obliged to stop the customer’s transactions upon expiry of the Civil ID.

This segment of people is now vulnerable to being deprived of sending money to their families back home. It is common knowledge that residents whose residence permits have expired cannot avail banking facilities, but the question is: Does this apply to those who hold ‘temporary residence’.

 

SOURCE : TIMESKUWAIT

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