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You Can Now Withdraw Money from PayPal

This took long to implement but PayPal users in Kuwait can now finally withdraw money from their PayPal account. I haven’t tried this yet since my PayPal account is US based, but from what I gather, there is a KD1 charge for withdrawing the money which isn’t too bad. But, I also think they charge a 3.5% currency conversion fee but not really sure if I understood that part correctly.

In any case, if you have funds in your Kuwait based PayPal account and want to withdraw it then log in to your account, click on balance and then withdraw funds. You can then select the card you want PayPal to deposit the money into. Simple as that.

If you’re wondering why this is an important change its because there are a lot of people in Kuwait who sell things online and receive money with PayPal. They can now withdraw the money instead of having it accumulate in their PayPal account indefinitely.

via waw.cc

Update: Some readers are reporting this isn’t working for them.

38 replies on “You Can Now Withdraw Money from PayPal”

there is a way to avoid the 3.5% if you have a US credit card with 0% foreign transaction fee. but you need to change something in your deep DEEP in your PayPal account settings that you actually have to use a tutorial to find it.

how can i tell if my paypal is kuwait based or USA based? opened it such a long time ago, but i do know its linked to a kuwaiti credit card…..

Bunch of horsecrap lies. There is no withdrawal option in Paypal. I sold something on ebay thinking I can because of this lovely post. Now its an amount that I cannot reach or do anything with. Thanks 248am!

The only option on pay pal for withdrawing funds is linking a bank account and they ask for a ( Routing Number) —which only US banks use. Kuwait does NOT have the routing number system….we have the I Ban system.
There is an obsitcal in withdrawing funds from Pay Pal into any credit card linked with a Kuwaiti Bank….because there is no choice of linking a credit card to with draw funds from Pay Pal into that card…..the ONLY option is to LINK A BANK and they ask for a ROUTING NUMBER..which Kuwait banks do not use. Your article is wrong.

Back in June I have contacted PayPal and one of the representatives Congratulated me and confirmed that we can withdraw funds and asked me to send proof of address. I did that but still can not withdraw! so I called again and another representative told me that they are still discussing that option with the US. I called someone else and she told me that there is a glitch in the system and users in Kuwait and Qatar could screen capture the error page and send it to PayPal to fix the problem. No matter what they tell us we can not able to withdraw our funds because of the central bank of Kuwait. The Bottom line is that Kuwait is no place for online business.

I have checked my paypal account and it seems that they’ve added a withdrawal option to debit card, so I tried to withdraw $26 but it was denied! will contact Paypal and se what was the problem.

The PayPal withdraw funds to credit card or debit card option is now showing but still not activated.
Today December 5 2019 I tried to withdraw to a debit card and the transaction was denied. Then I tried to withdraw to a prepaid credit card but unfortunately it didn’t go through. Called PayPal 3 times! they are confused and No one knows when it will be activated.

I am still trying to withdraw funds to my nbk debit card (visa) which always gives me a denied transaction. I’ve also tried withdrawing to my prepaid credit card (visa) and I get a message that says “we can’t complete this for you right now”. this time I messaged PayPal and got a reply saying that my bank is denying the debit card transaction. They told me to try another card. I called the bank and they say that they did not deny any transaction. when I call PayPal support They say that withdrawing to Kuwait and Qatar is still not activated. It seems that the PayPal support team are lost and don’t know what is going on. Did any one try to withdraw funds? Did anyone contact PayPal about this?

I also facing same issue during withdrawal trough NBK debit card . Paypal said denied because of bank , & Bank said nothing to bank. I dont know how can i solve the issue.

Finally withdrawing PayPal funds in Kuwait is working. I was able to transfer funds to my NBK’s prepaid Credit card (Visa). It will take 3 days for the money to be available in my account.

However, when I transfer to my NBK’s Debit card (with Visa logo ) the transaction gets denied!!

Anyone tried to transfer to debit card?!

Talked to Paypal today and they said people in Kuwait and Qatar will be allowed to withdraw their money from their Paypal accounts to their bank accounts this upcoming September.

Peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy

I am already contacted with PayPal customer service call center and they told me that from next 23-9-2019 all Kuwait PayPal accounts will be able to withdraw there funds directly to there visa card linked to there accounts .

Wondering about the same thing. I have tried it when this article went up, but could not get it to work. Please update us with something!

Still cant withdraw my funds, where in 2020 I am surprised less crap countries that are in revolutions and much poor than Kuwait have PayPal and they can withdraw their money.

Love you Kuwait always late, 30 years ago Kuwait was called (pearl of the gulf) due to its progress.

Pearl of the gulf I demand to have paypal we can withdraw our funds from.

For all of you sellers on ebay or want to sell we are living in pearl of the gulf shipping costs are way of the universal rates.

Pearl of the gulf citizens good luck with paypal withdrawals to your accounts might take another 20 years if not more.

Pearl of the gulf citizens sleep well and good night and let us hope someday we can link our accounts and withdraw our money a dream i gave up on a long time ago.

Facing the same problem. Im trying to link my debit cars (gulf bank) but it cannot be linked. It says the bank denied the request. How to verify the paypal to the account then? Im confused. Any update?

Paypal still not accepting money withdrawal from PayPal account to Kuwaiti banks. Now What you can do only is to use your money in your PayPal account to purchase from websites accepting PayPal payments. There are a lot of them out there.

It works any debit card I recently withdrawed 12 bucks to my KIB debit card and it worked btw they have a fee for the transaction in my case they took approx 5 usd .
And I got 7 usd but it Works .
Woohooo

I tried linking my gulf bank account with paypal. As per gulf bank the routing number is 021162 but when i inserted the same number it says that the routing number is incorrect.. is there any way that i can withdraw the money from my paypal account?

By all means , there no any accepted methods to withdraw your balance in your PayPal account if you have a Kuwaiti debit / credit card . Only US cards are accepted.

If you have a balance in your PayPal account you can utilize it by purchasing from any website accounts PayPal , transfer the balance to another merchant or buy Kuwait accounts which accepts PayPal like Xcite , taw9eel , etc.

You cant link a kuwaiti BANK , but u can link a kuwait visa card and withdraw to it as of DEC 2020 , I just withdrawed small amount to my visa card and it went through .. now it says it will take from 1 day to 3, if this works , it would be great , note the amount i withdrawed to my visa is no longer there , hope it works .Also if it works i can call my bank and simply request to withdrawall the funds in my visa card to my savings account ( which i did alot before when i put extra money in my visa card and i want it back. )

Hi Aziz, did the withdrawal from paypal to your kuwaiti VISA work? I am currently in the same situation and could not link my bank nor my knet card. I had to link my VISA for it to go thru and say 1-3 business days and deducted around 1KD from my CC for the transaction. According to that timing i should have my money credited to my CC by wednesday 13/1/2021 maximum. I really hope there is no hiccup as it would be such a waste of time, effort and fees on top!

Hi we’re you able to transfer you PayPal balance to your visa card in Kuwait? I am also awaiting my money in PayPal but wondering how to get it

Confirmed. You can link debit and credit card of N.. bank. It took around 3 days until I got required confirmation code, when looked into bank account transactions.

Not true, you can not withdraw anything from Paypal in Kuwait EXCEPT to a US bank, the comments are full of people assuring this fake news, yet you did not remove the post, you’re right it’s coming up very well in Google search why to delete it…

Dear Mark,

Unfortunately they have blocked again, can you please try again to withdraw.
I have around 2K in it.

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