The Public Authority for Manpower issued Resolution No. (294) for the year 2023 amending some provisions of the list of rules and procedures for granting permission to work for expatriate workers who have reached the age of 60 years or over, holders of a general secondary school certificate or less, and equivalent certificates, as stipulated in the aforementioned regulation. to it when it was issued for the first time on March 10, 2022, which stipulated that the Council review the article before the passage of one year from this date.
Aseel Al-Mazyad, the spokesperson for the authority and director of the Public Relations and Media Department, stated that the decision of the authority’s board of directors confirmed that the aforementioned workers are allowed to renew or transfer the work permit under the same conditions stipulated in Article (37) before the amendment, which are:
Paying an annual additional fee of KD 250. (Only two hundred and fifty Kuwaiti dinars, nothing more).
The worker must be insured with an irrevocable comprehensive health insurance policy issued by one of the qualified and approved companies to issue the insurance policy from the Insurance Regulatory Unit.
With the exception of the same categories that were previously excluded from the drawing, they are the husbands and children of Kuwaiti women, wives of Kuwaitis, and Palestinians who hold documents.
She explained that the new decision would allow some residency holders from some other sectors to transfer to the private sector, and they are government workers, public bodies and institutions, or those who join a family, investors, or a foreign partner in a commercial or industrial activity, or residents under the rule of Article (24) of the executive regulations of the law. Residency for foreigners, while continuing to apply the decisions in force at the authority, and in particular the commitment to implement decisions related to sectors from which expatriate workers are prohibited from moving outside, and continuing to work as well as prohibiting the transfer of domestic workers to the private sector.
Al-Mazyad indicated that the decision issued by the authority also included making some amendments to the categories of work permits mentioned in Article (53) of the regulations of the rules and procedures for granting work permits after the approval of the authority’s board of directors on these amendments, as they came as follows:
Canceling the activity of paragliding training and free jumping training (specialized technical professions) from the first category of work permit categories.
The provision for government project contracts within the first category of permit categories, according to what was previously practiced by the Authority.
Amendment of Clause No. (7) of the second category of permit categories to become men’s and women’s salons (specialized technical professions) instead of barbershops (barbershop professions).
Amending the area of central markets mentioned in Item No. (14) of the second category of permit categories approved by the Authority, so that the area is no less than 500 square meters instead of 1000 square meters.
5. Amending the conditions related to the “restaurant and café” activity referred to in Clause No. (19) of the second category of permit categories, as the approved area will remain the same as 500 square meters, provided that it includes the presence of a kitchen without requiring a specific area for the kitchen.
– Amending the requirements mentioned in the second paragraph of Item No. (19) of the second category of permit categories so that the new conditions are to provide the competent department with a copy of the lease contract and the license of the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition and the General Fire Force.
Adding a new item No. (22) to the second category of permit categories that includes laboratories accredited by the Environment Public Authority.
Noting that the decision is implemented from the date of its issuance on March 8, 2023, and it is being published in the Official Gazette.