Issuing New Licenses for Residential Houses

This service is provided by Kuwait Municipality
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Service Description

  • This service allows citizens and business sector (organizations and companies) to issue new licenses for new residential houses

Eligibility or Criteria

  • Architectural or structural plans are returned to the engineering office, in case they include errors or do not conform to the construction system

Required Documents

  • Request letter from the owner
  • Copy of the real estate document of title
  • Agreement contract concluded by and between the owner and an approved engineering office
  • Engineering plan for the building from the engineering office agreed with
  • Soil testing report for the real estate from the Testing Station of the Ministry of Public Works or any approved laboratory
  • The planning opinion for the real estate from the Municipality Planning Department
  • Approval on the design from the Prevention Department of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate
  • Approval on the parking plan from the Roads Section in the Planning Department

Procedures

Visit the Department of Engineering Licenses of Kuwait Municipality branch in the governorate concerned with the service and submit the required documents
Develop a file for the new parcels or extract the file from the archives of the Municipality for the parcels previously built
Register the service in the register of the Municipality Center
Present the file and the structural plans to the drawer for study. The drawer, then, fills the license form
Present the architectural plans to the architectural engineer for review. The engineer, then, approves the architectural approval license form
Present the structural plans to the structural engineer for review. The engineer, then, approves the structural approval license form
Present the plans to the Department of Engineering Licenses Manager to have the license form approved
Print the license and pay the issuance fees. The license is, then, checked by the architectural engineer and approved by the supervisor

Fees

(0) KD Variable fees
(100) KD Fixed fees: Inside Kuwait city
(30) KD Fixed fees: Outside Kuwait city
 

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