Source: http://www.arabtimesonline.com/ (Nov 27, 2008)
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 23: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has asked the General Immigration Department to allow the transfer of commercial visit visas to work permits in the private sector, reports Al-Awan daily quoting a reliable source. Enumerating conditions for the transfer, the source said applicants should be academic degree holders while employers should obtain approval from the department and prove their actual need for additional manpower. He added the ministry, in coordination with the department, has laid down a mechanism to control the issuance of visit visas to some nationalities, who cause trouble in the country.
On the other hand, Chairman of the Inspection Committee at the ministry Jalal Al-Qot revealed the committee recently launched a comprehensive campaign in Hawally, Salmiya, Sulaibiya and Sabah Al-Nasser. He said the inspection teams raided women’s salons, beauty centers and billiard halls in these areas, resulting in the arrest of 13 Asian women who were violating the Residency Law. He added the teams also apprehended over 35 marginal laborers, who are residing in the country illegally, in Sulaibiya and Sabah Al-Nasser.
Meanwhile, the Director General of Immigration Department at the Ministry of Interior Brigadier Kamel Al-Awadhi discussed on Sunday coordination efforts to address domestic servants’ issues with representatives of Asian embassies in the country. The department is studying some proposals on the issue to determine practical solutions to it, a statement the ministry quoted Al-Awadhi as saying.On their part, the Asian embassies’ representatives lauded outcomes of the meeting, underlining at the same time necessity to find solutions for all problems related to domestic servants, the statement added.
The sponsorship system is an outdated practice which needs to be eliminated as fast as possible before it can cause more harm to the country, says representative of International Labor Organization (ILO) in Kuwait Thabet Al-Haroon. Speaking to Awan daily, he said the cancellation of sponsorship system will help in developing and organizing the labor market and will help achieve national, economic and social targets, in addition to increasing the productivity of private sector. “Many people say the sponsorship system is tarnishing the country’s image both regionally and internationally while some others compare it to slavery. Therefore, we need to take a serious stance, enforce Article 92 and get the new labor law ratified at the earliest,” noted Al-Haroon.
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 23: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has asked the General Immigration Department to allow the transfer of commercial visit visas to work permits in the private sector, reports Al-Awan daily quoting a reliable source. Enumerating conditions for the transfer, the source said applicants should be academic degree holders while employers should obtain approval from the department and prove their actual need for additional manpower. He added the ministry, in coordination with the department, has laid down a mechanism to control the issuance of visit visas to some nationalities, who cause trouble in the country.
On the other hand, Chairman of the Inspection Committee at the ministry Jalal Al-Qot revealed the committee recently launched a comprehensive campaign in Hawally, Salmiya, Sulaibiya and Sabah Al-Nasser. He said the inspection teams raided women’s salons, beauty centers and billiard halls in these areas, resulting in the arrest of 13 Asian women who were violating the Residency Law. He added the teams also apprehended over 35 marginal laborers, who are residing in the country illegally, in Sulaibiya and Sabah Al-Nasser.
Meanwhile, the Director General of Immigration Department at the Ministry of Interior Brigadier Kamel Al-Awadhi discussed on Sunday coordination efforts to address domestic servants’ issues with representatives of Asian embassies in the country. The department is studying some proposals on the issue to determine practical solutions to it, a statement the ministry quoted Al-Awadhi as saying.On their part, the Asian embassies’ representatives lauded outcomes of the meeting, underlining at the same time necessity to find solutions for all problems related to domestic servants, the statement added.
The sponsorship system is an outdated practice which needs to be eliminated as fast as possible before it can cause more harm to the country, says representative of International Labor Organization (ILO) in Kuwait Thabet Al-Haroon. Speaking to Awan daily, he said the cancellation of sponsorship system will help in developing and organizing the labor market and will help achieve national, economic and social targets, in addition to increasing the productivity of private sector. “Many people say the sponsorship system is tarnishing the country’s image both regionally and internationally while some others compare it to slavery. Therefore, we need to take a serious stance, enforce Article 92 and get the new labor law ratified at the earliest,” noted Al-Haroon.
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