INSURANCE FEES FOR THE 1960S WERE NOT REDUCED, AND 'IQAMA' STAMPING WAS NOT HALTED

  • 22/03/2022

Kuwait City: The Public Authority for Manpower has confirmed that the procedure of renewing work permits for non-graduate expatriates aged 60 and up continues unabated, in compliance with the regulations and requirements outlined in the new decision No (156/2022), which was published in the Official Gazette.


PAM was commenting on the recent Court of Appeal ruling to cancel the administrative decision (27/2021) regarding the issuance of regulations, rules, and procedures for granting work permits, and the resulting implicit cancellation of the decision (34/2022), which introduced an amendment to the text of Article (37) of the regulations. 

The sources explained that Article (37) of the new regulation includes the same old conditions set forth in Resolution (34/2022), which must be met to renew work permits for the above mentioned categories – 250 dinars for residence renewal and an irrevocable comprehensive health insurance policy issued by one of the qualified companies approved by the Insurance Regulatory Unit, noting that there is only one amendment to the renewal procedures, which is that it is not mandatory for the insurance companies to be listed on the stock market to enable them to issue documents.

 According to the sources, the "appeal" ruling was issued against the old regulation that the "manpower" cancelled, pointing out that the director of the authority issued a new regulation No. (156/2022) on the 13th of this month, cancelling in its second article the decisions (552/2018) and (27/2021), as well as all decisions and circulars that contravene its provisions. The sources emphasised that PAM respects all judicial rulings, particularly those that are enforceable, and that the authority had not received the merits of the "appeal" ruling until yesterday, stressing that upon receipt, it will study it and take the necessary legal measures, as well as respond to it in coordination with Fatwa and Legislation Department.

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