Tag: expats in kuwait
29,710 expats cancel work permits
Director of Public Relations and Information Department and spokesman of the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) Aseel Al-Mazyad said that 29,710 expatriates have canceled their work permits and left the country in the first seven months of this year. Al-Mazyad added PAM has completed 918,011 transactions in the first half of this year related to transfer, renewal and cancellation of work permits.
1.2 million expatriates without university level education
About 83 percent of expatriates, which is more than 1.2 million expatriates, working in the public and private sectors do not hold university- level educational qualifications, as per recent official statistics.
Clinics to continue giving medicines to expat patients
Clinics, government hospitals and specialized hospitals will continue to give medicines to expatriate patients.
100 percent expats workers, From 19 February 2017
Despite the current agitation for population restructure in the country, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and the State Minister for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh just issued a decision to allow small and medium projects entrepreneurs to recruit 100 percent of their workers from abroad.
Take on expats who work on two jobs
Kuwait Municipality has started preparing a list of its expatriate employees who are working in other jobs without the municipality’s authorization, reports Al-Rai daily quoting a reliable source from Kuwait Municipality.
health service fees for expats – ‘Any decision will target visitors not residents’
Ministry of Health insists that reports published recently regarding the new charges of health services for expatriates in government hospitals and clinics are not true, affirming that the possibility of increasing the charges of health services is still being studied and perused.
Kuwaitization policy by replacing expats with Kuwaitis in PAHW, implemented.
Public Authority of Housing Welfare (PAHW) has started implementing the “Kuwaitization” policy by replacing expatriate labor force with national labor force.
Security raid at camps in Mahboula
Ahmadi securitymen arrested 160 violators of law and issued 94 traffic citations during a security campaign launched on Wednesday in Mahboula area.
Bill imposing fees for medical services on Expats
The bill on imposing fees for medical services offered to expatriates who enter the country on visit visa will most likely be passed through the parliamentary Health Affairs Committee to become a law, especially since the government showed positive indicators of its passage, reports Arab Times daily.
Status review of expatriate posts
The Ministry of Electricity and Water intends to rectify the status of some experienced expatriate employees before the end of 2016, because it still needs their services, reports Arab Times daily quoting a reliable source.
