KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: The Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Community Development, Musallam Al-Subaie, has canceled the prior appointments for the visitors in various departments of the ministry, reports Al-Qabas daily. The ministry said in a statement that the step came “in line with the directives of the Council of Ministers to facilitate the work mechanism within the various sectors of the state, in order to facilitate the visitors’ transactions, and on the instructions of the Minister of Commerce and Industry and the Minister of Social Affairs and Community Development Fahd Al-Shariaan.”

The source stated that the undersecretary directed “not to specify or restrict the visitors with specific dates, but to receive them on a daily basis and to complete all their transactions as soon as possible in accordance with the established laws and regulations.”

Meanwhile, Minister Al-Shariaan has approved the use of digital civil identification card (Mobile ID) in all governmental agencies, reports Al-Rai daily. In a bid to ease procedures for citizens, Al-Shariaan issued a circular to all State agencies based on Cabinet Resolution No. 1008 (51 of 2020) on using the ‘Mobile ID’ application for processing governmental transactions