Kuwait announced on Monday that it has resumed issuing work permits for Egyptians, 16 months after the decision of former Interior Minister Talal al-Khaled to stop issuing work permits for new Egyptian workers.
The Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Acting Minister of Interior, Sheikh Fahd Al-Yousef, directed the General Administration of Residency Affairs in coordination with the Public Authority for Manpower and the Kuwaiti Embassy in Cairo to receive requests to issue these permits.
In order to approve granting the permit, it is necessary to conduct a medical examination for the worker before their arrival to Kuwait using the Egyptian ID, national number, and through the official examination papers, to block any attempts to tamper with the results related to Hepatitis C if they are positive and not qualifying the holder to obtain the permit and enter Kuwait.
