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Renewing the civil ID: five routes, and fifty fils per message
The fixed fee is five dinars paid on the authority website, and asking to change your photograph moves the whole transaction back to attending in person.
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A co-op offer needs a licence: the price list one day before it starts
Consumer Protection requires Social Affairs approval for discounts inside cooperative societies, and the fees are zero.
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Agricultural extension courses for one dinar, and absence needs a written apology
Protected agriculture and fruit trees are open to non-specialists, and applications go through the educational courses section.
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Opening a housing care file: six documents, and a review date written on the slip
The service is free, fixed and variable fees both zero, and it asks for a salary transfer certificate and a property register certificate for both spouses.
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Registering at a government school: the father in person, or a power of attorney and a court ruling
Only two stages take new Kuwaiti pupils, and the file includes a health card and four 4×6 photographs.
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The Awqaf postgraduate grant: open all year, and three academic references
The first condition is that the research sits in the field of waqf, the second that the student is funded by nobody else. Assessment rests on a research plan approved by your supervisor.
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Putting the electricity meter in your name, and getting your deposit back
A title deed or a tenancy contract, and an inheritance inventory if you are acting for heirs. On the way out you need a disconnection letter and an IBAN certificate, then the receipt to reclaim the deposit.
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Your phone runs outside spec in a Kuwaiti summer: what happens and what to do
Apple sets 35°C as the upper limit for running an iPhone and Samsung gives the same range. What the device switches off to protect itself, the worst habits, and why the fridge is the worst idea of all.
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Getting your citizenship certificate from Sahel, and the two documents people confuse
Ministry of Interior services, then Kuwaiti citizenship services, then the certificate. The difference between a citizenship certificate and a confirmation of citizenship is behind most wasted trips.
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Cancelling a recurring subscription before it charges you
A subscription is not cancelled from inside the app, and deleting the app does not stop the charge. The exact paths on iPhone and Android, and what to do if the money has already gone.
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Three new WhatsApp group features, and how to use them
@all reaches even the members who muted the group, polls can now close on a timer and hide who voted, and a new group spins out of an existing one in one tap.
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Switching to eSIM in Kuwait: Zain, Ooredoo and stc
Which handsets support it, the exact steps at each operator, and why an eSIM does not move between phones the way a plastic SIM does.
