Kuwait: Ministerial Order No. 107 of 1994 regarding Limiting the Issuance of Work Permits to Specific Sectors

 Title

 

 Kuwait: Ministerial Order No. 107 of 1994 regarding Limiting the Issuance of Work Permits to Specific Sectors

 
 Date of adoption

 

  29 June 1994
 Entry into force

 

  4 July 1994

 
 Text versions  Arabic

 

Source:

 

–          Al-Kuwait Al-Yawm, Official Journal Issue No. 162 (4 July 1994), p. 61. Retrieved from: International Organization for Migration – The Migration Agency, Migration Law Database

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Abstract

 
This Ministerial order limits the issuance of work permits to the main professions and in the most limited sense to the following sectors (Art. 1):

 

  1. Employers that are fulfilling government contracts
  2. Companies that are owned fully or partially by the government
  3. Hospitals, medical centers, private clinics, pharmacies and labs
  4. Banks, insurance companies and investment companies
  5. Hotels
  6. Private schools and nurseries
  7. Clubs, unions, and cooperative and public interest associations
  8. Industrial facilities
  9. Airlines
  10. Hunting, agriculture and farming
  11. Financial, administrative and engineering consulting offices, and legal offices
  12. Press offices
  13. Car agencies

 

Art. 2 allows for the transfer of a work permit after the lapse of two years from its issue date for the categories of workers in paragraphs 2 to 13. The transfer must be within these sectors only.

Workers from category one cannot transfer their work permit and employers must repatriate the workers at the end of the project.