Kuwait is launching a freelance residency permit within two months, allowing skilled foreign workers to operate independently for an annual...

Kuwait has significantly updated its immigration system. Residency permits are now valid for up to 15 years. Visitors can stay for three mo...

Kuwait is modernizing its immigration system. New online services now handle visa and residency permits for foreign workers. This digital s...

Kuwait has eliminated the minimum salary requirement for expatriates seeking family visit visas, broadening eligibility to include relative...

Kuwait has implemented a mandatory electronic travel permit system for expatriate workers in the private sector, effective July 1, 2025. Th...

India and Oman have updated their Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, effective May 2025, to prevent double taxation and also reflect curr...

Tehran war fears are rising fast as Israel launches its most intense attacks on Iran in decades, forcing thousands to flee the capital. Wit...

NRI remittances significantly bolster India's economy, acting as a crucial buffer against global volatility and trade deficits. Inflows rea...

Kuwait is undergoing elections again after eight months . The polling will close at 8 pm and the results of this will be announced on Wedne...

The social security scheme "ensures the sustainability of a decent life for Emiratis and resident employees during their unemployment perio...

Insured workers would receive some money for a limited time period if made unemployed, UAE Prime Minister and Vice-President Sheikh Mohamme...

"With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn... the death of Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait," said Sheikh...

All Persian Gulf monarchies have some version of this problem. Govt is the employer of first resort -- even when it has nothing much for it...

Indian equity is expected to register a growth between 15-18 % over the next five years and is attractive for GCC businessmen and NRIs to i...

In the 80s & 90s, thousands of small ventures promoted by NRKs sprouted only to close down sooner or later but things have undergone a sea ...

Back home, the workers are looking to start afresh. Their best bet seems to be rehabilitation packages.

Even before Dubai's financial crisis, the sheikdom's growing economic woes had begun rippling out across the Arab world, forcing workers ba...