KUWAIT CITY, Jan 30: The Public Authority for Manpower, in its efforts to facilitate procedures for business owners, has permitted individuals aged 60 and above with a secondary school certificate or lower to transfer their residency status from family/dependent sponsorship (Article 22)  to work residency in the private sector (Article 18). This transfer is subject to the same conditions and regulations that apply to switching employers. Additionally, workers registered under government contracts are now allowed to transfer to the private sector, provided their contracts have ended and both the original and new employers agree to the transfer.

Meanwhile, labor force statistics for 2024 reveal that 31,391 job seekers have been registered in the national labor sector across various educational levels. This includes 27 PhD holders, 629 individuals with a Master’s degree, 17,927 with a university (bachelor’s) degree, 6,805 diploma holders, and several thousand others with varying levels of secondary and intermediate education. The data also highlights 823 job seekers with intermediate qualification, 83 with vocational or parallel education, and 408 classified as below intermediate, along with others who have completed specialized courses or gained relevant work experience.