Four New Categories Allowed To Transfer From Family To Work Visa

  • 16/12/2020

Kuwait City : As per reports, the Public Authority for Manpower has added 4 new categories that are allowed to transfer from a residence permit from family (Article 22) to a work permit (Article 18). The Deputy Director General of the Manpower Authority for employment Affairs, Abdulalh Al-Mutouteh said that the amendment was made to benefit for some categories of family to join labor market in light of conditions in the country which is going through due to coronavirus pandemic and its effects on the economic conditions in the labor market. 
                 He stated that "We issued Decision No.954 of 2020 to amend Administrative Resolution No.529 of 2020 regarding the transfer of manpower from one employer to another, by adding more categories that were initially excluded from transferring residence. He also stated that the authority is constantly working to review its decisions within the framework of state trends and labor market conditions, in a manner that preserves the demographic composition of Kuwait, which is the matter entrusted to it according to its establishment law No.109 of 2013. The categories that are allowed to transfer includes spouses and children of Kuwaiti women, Kuwaiti wives, born in the State of Kuwait, the Palestine who hold documents, those who hold a diploma qualification above secondary school, Second degree relatives of those born in Kuwait, holders of technical professions specialized in health field and those with educational qualifications to work in schools.      

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