Embassy Notice:
Difficulties with our telephone lines 21 February 2012
Please be informed that we are currently experiencing difficulties with our telephone lines. Should you have difficulty getting through the main number (+965) 2259 4320 during normal office hours (Sunday through Thursday 7:30-2:30), our new temporary switchboard number is 99693651; should you come into contact with British nationals in or transiting Kuwait requiring emergency consular assistance outside of our normal office hours, please have them contact us at the following emergency consular inquiry number: 99693693.
For the latest FCO travel advice please visit:www.fco.gov.uk/en/
The Embassy is open Sunday to Thursday 7:30am to 14:30pm.
Consular Section
British Embassy Kuwait
Consular assistance - hmmm I wonder what that is? I have never known the British Embassy to respond to any emergency here. In January 1998, when Saddam Hussein was amassing his troops on the border with Kuwait, most of the embassy staff had left. In March 2003, the staff kindly left an answering machine for any citizen who had "an emergency", as they had all left the country. It was a case of 'last one out switch the lights off' mentality!The British Embassy only exists to collect rather large fees for simple administrative services for British citizens here in Kuwait.
ReplyDeleteI've had good and bad experiences. Yes I wish the fees were a lot less. But I was very grateful when we were evacuated from Kuwait in 1990 during the Invasion of Kuwait. The warden system in 1990 worked quite well considering the circumstances. And it is nice to go to the events held there.
ReplyDeleteCould we send our passports to Petty France, UK for renewal via DHL for a lot less money? Not sure.
Would I like the archaic visa rules to change for spouses, hell yes.