Al-Marsad Newspaper: Sources revealed on Wednesday evening that Kuwait had suspended its workforce connection with Egypt and suspended work permits for Egyptians until further notice, according to Al-Qabas newspaper.
The Kuwaiti newspaper cited “responsible” sources according to which after the directives of the First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled to stop the agreement to connect the workforce with Egypt, this step was followed a new decision by the Kuwaiti government The public authority for labor will stop issuing work permits for workers from Egypt until further notice.
The sources attributed the reasons for the decision to the need to work on the creation of a new hiring control mechanism from Egypt, the “violation by the Egyptian embassy of Kuwaiti laws regulating the labor market” and to work to implement the laws and regulations that regulate the labor market. definitely the job market.
The sources told the Kuwaiti newspaper that the suspension of work permits came after the Interior Ministry’s decision to stop issuing all visas from September 17 last year.
The sources revealed that there are new requirements and fees for documenting work permits, which have been determined after changes in the value of the pound.
Kuwaiti sources confirmed that no visas or work permits will be issued until further notice and that the new measures aim to prevent the entry of marginal workers and control the country’s labor market.
