Proposed plan raise salary ceiling for Family visa

first we were hit with the news that visit visa's for non-western expats living in Kuwait will cost 100KD, a dramatic increase from the fact that it cost nothing more than formalities and stamps. this is Kuwaits attempt to curb the begging population.

now, there are talks of raising the salary ceiling for family visas, from 250KD to 500KD.

Mathematicians, do your calculations.

what this means is that an expat working in Kuwait with their family (wife, children) abroad and wishing to bring them to Kuwait as his dependents, must be earning at least 500KD to bring his family to Kuwait.

Now, i am not 100% sure of the fine print, but what I do remember from years ago when i went for my license was that the salary ceiling for driving licenses was 400KD, and there were exceptions to that rule depending on the persons degree: engineer, accountant, doctor, pharmacist etc. meaning that even if you earned less than 400KD and held one of the mentioned degrees, you were exempt from that ceiling.

the article in arabic:
http://www.alraimedia.com/Alrai/Article … e=25072011

also, they wish to cease the act of transfering a commercial visa into a working visa in Kuwait.

the end.