Mubasher: Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) announced imposing additional annual fees worth KWD 300 ($991.7) for each working licence provided to expatriate workers in non-governmental bodies, which are not subject to the Kuwaitisation policy.
Expat fees will be imposed starting from June 2019 with the aim of increasing the number of Kuwaitis working in the private sector, PAM’s general manager Ahmed Al-Mousa said in a statement on Tuesday.
In September 2017, the GCC nation launched the Kuwaitisation plan with the purpose of reducing the number of expat employees in state-run organisations within five years.
The drive is similar to policies adopted by neighbouring GCC members including Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
