KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior sent a letter to the National Assembly’s Interior and Defense Committee, requesting that they speed up discussing and enforcing the new fees for residency and visit visas as well as traffic violation fines.

A report last week had suggested that the new visa fees, which would double under the proposed plans, could be adopted by June. The ministry says that increasing the visa fees, which remained unchanged for 40 years since they were enforced, serves the country’s efforts in diversifying sources of income. — Al-Rai