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Electricity Bills Certificate?

Back in May, we saw the following in the Kuwait Times:

“the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) has decided to ask all expatriates before exiting the country – whether on holiday or permanently – to obtain a certificate of clearance from the ministry. The certificate is only valid for one month. If the expat doesn’t have it, he will be returning from the airport the same day . . . “

School is out, people have fled the heat in droves, even with the atrocious airline prices. Has anyone heard of this policy being implemented? I haven’t heard of anyone being halted from travelling because of an unpaid bill, nor did anyone look us up when we were departing on holiday.

July 4, 2008 - Posted by | Community, ExPat Life, Kuwait, Living Conditions

10 Comments »

  1. not that I know of!

    Ansam's avatar Comment by Ansam | July 4, 2008 | Reply

  2. Ansam! Up so early on a Friday morning? 🙂

    Intlxpatr's avatar Comment by Intlxpatr | July 4, 2008 | Reply

  3. It has been postponed or something.

    Purgatory's avatar Comment by Purgatory | July 4, 2008 | Reply

  4. Purg, did you hear that, or are you guessing?

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | July 4, 2008 | Reply

  5. yea it went from a “decision” to a “proposal” apparently. but thats just based on the last article i read about it a while ago saying it was actually a “proposal”.

    sknkwrkz's avatar Comment by sknkwrkz | July 4, 2008 | Reply

  6. no they had it in paper two days after they published the first article, but cannot rememeber details.

    Purgatory's avatar Comment by Purgatory | July 4, 2008 | Reply

  7. Thanks, Skunk, Thanks Purg, I must have missed reading the day the decision went to a proposal. I’m just so glad it didn’t pan out – can you imagine the chaos in the lines as entire families got the bad news, with their twenty something bags? I imagined airport-rage!

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | July 5, 2008 | Reply

  8. I am an early bird LOL weekends or no weekends

    Ansam's avatar Comment by Ansam | July 6, 2008 | Reply

  9. Me too, Ansam. We have our own little club – but how do you survive the late night dinners and weddings?

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | July 7, 2008 | Reply

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