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christmas
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 Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:09 am Post subject: Ajial Bilingual School |
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Has anyone heard of this school?
What is it like to work in Kuwait? Do you need your degree notarized and authenticated? How does all of that work to be able to work there legally? I know it takes for ever in Saudi but I have no clue about Kuwait. Is it safe for a single woman? Thanks. |
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15yearsinQ8
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| Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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the school is run by a lot of former ACA people/teachers
fairly Ok school - not tops - not worst
to get your degree authenticated you go to Kuwait MInistry of HIgher education in Kuwait in Shuwaikh free trade zone , fill out a request, buy some revenue stamps, adhere forementioned and they do the work of checking
re safety and working, consult former posts , no problems though |
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bedwiya
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| Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:04 pm Post subject: Is that recent info? |
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| Are you sure about that? We had to send all our transcripts to DC last year. Then the embassy handled the certification and sent our employer their findings. Also not only are they asking for transcripts, but now required new staff this semester to produce their actual diploma. |
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Rommel
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| Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| 15yearsinQ8 wrote: |
to get your degree authenticated you go to Kuwait MInistry of HIgher education in Kuwait in Shuwaikh free trade zone , fill out a request, buy some revenue stamps, adhere forementioned and they do the work of checking
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Wrong. The Kuwait Ministry has nothing to do with authenticating degrees or transcripts. If you are American, you need to go to AMIDEAST in Salmiya. They will take care of it for you but it will take some time. You can call them at 1-575-0670. |
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15yearsinQ8
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| Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| damn things change fast, i was not a year ago i was at the ministry.... |
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rowntree
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| Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 7:09 am Post subject: |
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Agreeing with 15 years here......any degrees need to be atested/authenticated/transcribed by a Kuwaiti Ministry ( in my case the Ministry of Higher Education) not a privtate language school , LOL.
Of course if your employer isn't actually providing you with a work visa and you don't really need real attestation, the ice cream man might do. |
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Rommel
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| Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:42 am Post subject: |
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| rowntree wrote: |
| Agreeing with 15 years here......any degrees need to be atested/authenticated/transcribed by a Kuwaiti Ministry ( in my case the Ministry of Higher Education) not a privtate language school . |
Then, sorry, you're both wrong. How can the Kuwaiti Ministry authenticate degrees from the U.S. or U.K.? They can't? They want a validation stamp from your university, and you're expected to do the leg work on it. |
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15yearsinQ8
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| Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:02 am Post subject: |
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i have 2 pieces of paper from the ministry of higher education
each written in arabic with their official stamp
each authenticating my degrees
universities have asked for these pieces of paper (and kuwait public institute for social security pays me more because of these papers)
i had to actually sign for these papers when i picked them up at the ministry
rommel, WTF does AMIDEAST provide? |
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rowntree
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| Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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LOL that;s right- your company must be spinning you a yarn Rommel.....
15 is right:
-your degree is already authenticated from your Uni/college
to get approval ( real approval) to teach here, you submit your degree to the MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION for authentication - they often return it to your University to get proof it is real and you didn't buy it in the Philipines or something........ and then it goes back to you with a translation in Arabic + a Ministry stamp.
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-your degree goes to the MINISTRY OF EDUCATION and is stamped and approved there. At no point do either AMIDEAST(USA degrees) or THE BRITISH COUNCIL (UK degrees) enter the equation....unless they are offering you a superfluous service for profit. How much do they charge for that ''authentication' ? You should submit it directly to the Ministry for authentication and the only ''legwork'' needed is getting up the stairs at the correct ministry dept.
Rommel, have you seen your Ministry approval letter??? |
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Rommel
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| rowntree wrote: |
Rommel, have you seen your Ministry approval letter??? |
If that's all the Ministry is requiring these days, then great, consider yourself lucky. But it's NOT AUTHENTICATED!! How the hell would they know whether or not that piece of paper is legit? They wouldn't know. The only way to do that is through your university, which is what the OP asked about in the first place.
| christmas wrote: |
| Do you need your degree notarized and authenticated?. |
I just got off the phone with AMIDEAST, and they no longer provide that service. They also went on to say that "if your employer requests that your U.S. certificates be validated, you must go through your university to do so." |
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