MP calls for expat travel hold for unpaid fees, fines – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait News

MP calls for expat travel hold for unpaid fees, fines – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait News

This post has been read 7101 times!

KUWAIT CITY, May 24: MP Osama Al-Menawer has submitted a bill to amend Amiri Decree No. 17/1959 on the residency of foreigners. He proposed adding an article to the decree obligating foreigners to settle unpaid fees in public institutions and traffic fines, if any, before leaving the country permanently or temporarily whether their residency permits are valid or not. The bill does not apply to citizens of other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, members of diplomatic delegations, Kuwaiti passport holders and expatriates working in the public sector whose indemnity covers the total amount of unpaid fees. The interior minister is authorized to exempt other categories in the interest of the public.