Kuwaiti citizens will apply through domestic labor companies to obtain visa for the domestic workers through Ministry of Interior as Kuwait’s Council of Ministers allowed recruitment of new domestic workers from January 17, reports Arab Times Online.
Based on the decision by the supreme committee to restart commercial flights from Kuwait International airport five nationalities will be allowed to enter to bring in only domestic workers by direct flights from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Philippines, said the report.
The procedures for domestic workers vary from one country to another, the most difficult process is of the Philippines where the domestic worker generally expects to finish government procedures between two to three months.
They have to sign an agreement to leave the country and do routine medical approval examinations, reports Al Anba. Some countries such as Sri Lanka have easy procedures for exit of domestic workers which takes an average of about a month.
New or returning domestic workers need to be registered on the Balsama app in order to travel to Kuwait by the sponsor and book airline tickets, institutional quarantine and make necessary payments.
The list remains unchanged currently of 35 countries which are banned entering directly to Kuwait, it is expected that the ban list will continue for some period.
It is expected the first flight from Sri Lanka will reach Kuwait with domestic workers on January 28. Bangladesh and Nepal will follow.
