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Ban on visit visa transfer next month |
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Monday, 08 August 2011 01:52 |
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KUWAIT: Visit visas will no longer be transferred to work permits in the country starting September 1, announced a senior Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor(MSAL) official recently.
Speaking to reporters while attending a Ghabqa held by Sheikha Latifa Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, MSAL undersecretary Mohammad Al-Kandari announced that the regulation announced earlier will go into effect beginning next month, in coordination with the Ministry of Interior. He added that university graduates as well as profess ionals like doctors, engineers and journalists are exempted from this order. In other news, Al-Kandari confirmed that no offenses have been detected in charity collection during the week of Ramadan. - Kuwait Times
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