Comments on: Customs Clearance

By: Trialsand tribulations

Trialsand tribulations — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:25:41 +0000

The british invented beaurucracy and the Indians perfected it and handed it over in the gulf/.

By: Yousuf

Yousuf — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:58:29 +0000

Oh Dear Lord… please let these guys die.. before the law is passed and give kuwait some upliftment :P ameen!

By: mustumasti

mustumasti — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:43:47 +0000

What kind of Papers you need? I just have a receipt of copy of the shipment… is that enuf?

By: Aramex and Customs

Aramex and Customs — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:24:34 +0000

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By: yogeesh

yogeesh — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:43:15 +0000

Hi, this is good info. i am planing to Import DSLR camera from US.
Is any thing tariff we have to pay for that…!I mean customs Duty!
if you know let me know in the earliest.

Thanks in advance.
Yogeesh

By: Ophy

Ophy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:09:34 +0000

i cleared items before there . it was ramadhan and i was fasting , it was my first time and it was harddddd i was there around 1 P.M or 2 PM the customs were closed :D but the indian guy told me talk to ilthabe6 he might let you take it without customs , ilthabe6 was shayeb and nice and signed the paper and i took my laptop and iphones without paying more than 1 KD. law imkhaleet-hum 7ag il DHL ibyakhthon more than 50-80 KD .
DHL fees for clearnce and hadiling + NAS fees + TAX madre shino + 5% of the bill + CBK fees …. bla bla bla !! witha wasla weekend ibyakhthon NAS artheya ba3ad !!

but now i prefer sara7a EMS , ilmumtaz .. kaifan .. sij iylaw3on ilchabd .. o eydawkhon ilras .. wil mukan eyeeb ilyahad .. but still you will pay nothing + finishing the process within 10 mins + the shipping fees is nothing compared to aramex and dhl + kaifan not airport + open until 7:30 PM + i send the driver to bring my stuff + with USPS Express international i get my items within 3-4 days maximum and sometimes 2 ! with priority 6-10 days Max . if its less than 2-3lb will be delivered to ur home :D

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:44:11 +0000

i wanted to share my passion for drawing with everyone ;)

By: AMQ

AMQ — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:30:05 +0000

i love the fact that u actually took the effort inactually drawing a map.

By: Angelo

Angelo — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:34:02 +0000

My dear God! It seemed it took you forever. Oh well, Congrats on the New MacBook Pro Nat :)

By: Explorer

Explorer — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:50:41 +0000

edit: I just read your post about you wanting to clear it yourself, but they did not ask me if I wanted to do so, hence it appeared as if I did not have a choice! hope they (usws) do not charge me much :s

By: Explorer

Explorer — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:48:08 +0000

Mark, I have a package with USWS at customs and they sent me an email just asking me to fill a form plus invoice and ID copy and send it back for them to process… why did they ask you personally to follow up?

By: Tan Go

Tan Go — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:46:43 +0000

Mabrouk Mark,,
You were lucky customs did not ask you for a “bayan”, because then,
it would take you 2-3 days and at least 5% local taxes (but may be
computers are exempt),, I am not sure

By: gannon

gannon — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:20:44 +0000

Burhan, it’s not about streamlining. It’s about getting rid of the “BS” in the process.

Another example:
Draw a map of how many police stations and stamps you need to get a police report. Bonus credit: List the times each station is open.

By: Burhan

Burhan — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:29:24 +0000

This should be a case study for streamlining operations.

Just look at how many buildings you had to go to; if all those operations were in one place, it would have probably cut your time by a good 40 – 50%.

By: gannon

gannon — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:17:33 +0000

When you need to create a “government job” for every Kuwaiti, you get this nonsense. From what I understand, at the age of 21, every Kuwaiti is handed a red ink pad and a rubber stamp. At that point, a policy is changed to somehow “include” them in the stamping process.

3azeez: Exactly.. This is why I come back here… for the humor.