Expats' Children Allowed to Enroll

‘No need to wait for completion of residence’

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 6: The Ministry of Interior has agreed to allow the children of expatriates, who entered the country on dependent visas and are now waiting for the completion of the processing of their residence permits, to enroll in private schools and universities, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily quoting sources.
Sources explained the ministry took the decision in response to the request of its education counterpart. Sources said the decision allows expatriates to register their children without the need to wait for the completion of residence formalities — the usual cause of delay in the enrollment of foreign students. Sources added the decision is applicable only on those who have not exceeded the time limit mentioned in the visa for completion of the residence permit procedures.
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 How come I am just seeing this? Gustavo and I took the kids down to register them at The English School Fahaheel http://www.skee.com/  they were given a test and guess what? They were accepted:) So our days of homeschooling are almost over. I have really been trying my hardest to keep them busy with school work. There is only one problem... Putting the kids in school in KUWAIT is very expensive. Like the cost of college tuition!!! I guess this is another sacrifice that must be made! Now I see why many Americans do not bring their families. I wish we would have brought them when they were younger!

Kuwaiti Crackdown!

‘22,000 Indians among 95,000 illegals still living in Kuwait’ 5,000 expats arrested in recent campaigns: report

KUWAIT CITY, June 16: About 5,000 individuals from various nationalities have been arrested in various areas across the six governorates for violating residency law during recent intensive campaigns against residency violators, reports Al-Qabas daily.

Official statistics of the Ministry of Interior indicate that more than 95,000 violators of residency law are far from the grip of security operatives.

The General Immigration Department has also stated that the majority of violators belong to 10 different nationalities, and 39,000 domestic workers are among them.

Meanwhile, security sources wondered the essence of searching for violators in the streets, while visa traders are still busy with their activities. They suggested that the Ministries of Interior and Social Affairs and Labor must intensify efforts to hold the traders accountable and also identify the illusory companies.
According to official statistics, Bangladeshis are placed in the first position among the category of residency violators, indicating 24,000 of them have no valid papers. It added that Indians cover the second place with 22,000 violators, and then Sri Lankan and Indonesia with 15,000 and 8,000 violators covering the 3rd and 4th positions respectively, whereas Egyptians take the 5th place for residency and labor law violations with 8,000 violators.

Also the Filipino community occupies sixth place with 7,000 violators, while Pakistanis take the seventh place with 4,000 violators. Nepal has 3,000 violators covering the eighth place, followed by Syrians with 3,000 and Ethiopians with 800 violators taking the ninth and tenth positions respectively.
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Now everything is starting to make sense.

Gustavo and I were on the way to work and there was a Check point very close to our house. I have never seen one this close to us before.

Unlike many Americans who are housed in Compnay provided housing, We live in an area where there are not many Americans.

I have seen check points in Mangaf, Fintas, Mahboula and Fahaheel. I guess they really are starting to crack down on illegals in the country!

Could you imagine if America was to do this? I bet the numbers would be STAGGERING!