Entries Tagged as ‘News’

February 21, 2009

Possibility of elderly parents of expats…

An article in the local daily Arab Times indicated that officials are considering banning the issuing of visas to expatriates’ parents, saying that doing so will reduce pressure on local hospitals.
Well, well… I don’t have hospital figures but this is something interesting… mind you that the proposal is made by the Ministry of Interior to [...]

January 6, 2009

New visit visa fees… in Kuwait

New visit visa fees… in Kuwait
The Ministry of Interior started implementing the new fees for visit visa applications – KD 15 for the first month and KD 30 each for the second and third months. sources.
The fees are applicable to all nationalities except the GCC nationals. If a visitor is apprehended for overstaying in the [...]

October 5, 2008

punish me for choosing my religion

We hear in the news a lot of the Christians in some parts of India being beaten, killed, incidences of rape and churches/orphanages being burnt. Women are being molested and extremists are doing what they want with them. This is all done by the Hindu fanatics (not the general Hindu community ) with political backing, [...]