Major General Talal Maarafi and Brigadier Adel Al-Hashash

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior's (MoI) Director General of the Residency Affairs Department Major General Talal Maarafi said the department is exerting all efforts to develop the systems in order to achieve comfort for citizens and expatriates and ease procedures and transaction processes.

Maarafi said the department will start from Jan 1, 2016 the application of article 12 of the foreigners' residency law 17/1959 and article 15A of the implementation rules of law 640/1987 which states that the "residency period should not exceed the validity of the passport of the foreigner."

Maarafi appealed to expats to check the validity of their passports and renew them before they expire, then go to the concerned residency department to update the date of their passports. He also appealed to citizens to check passports of those under their sponsorship so that they do not violate the above mentioned law. He said that the interior ministry asked the foreign ministry to inform all embassies in Kuwait about the procedure and start renewing passports of their citizens if the validity of the passports is less than 12 months, so that they do not incur fines.

Jaber Stadium

MoI Director General of Relations and Security Information Department Brigadier Adel Al-Hashash said Jaber Stadium is considered a 'source of pride' and an achievement that can be added to the achievements of the wise leadership. He said the opening of the stadium will be under the patronage of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Friday Dec 18, 2015, and there are several departments supervising the organization of the opening ceremony. Hashash said security men are ready in various sectors to deal with all events and activities, emphasizing maintaining security and order, besides providing security services and organize traffic. He said security authorities have enough experience to perform any duty they may be asked to carry out, adding that such celebrations are followed keenly by Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid Al-Sabah and Undersecretary Maj Gen Suleiman Al-Fahd.

Traffic campaign

The traffic department carried out a campaign against trucks and concrete mixers on Sixth Ring Road, resulting in issuing 13 citations.

By Hanan Al-Saadoun