Additional clearance for expat govt employees to transfer to private sector

A public sector employee is required to obtain permission from the state department where he is employed in addition to ‘security approval’ from the Interior Ministry before he or she can transfer to work in the private sector, reported local daily Kuwait Times.

According to report, the new directive issued by the Public Authority for Manpower yesterday stipulates new conditions for workers under article 17 visas wishing to transfer to article 18 visas, who in that case would need to receive clearance from their employer as well as the Interior Ministry, the authority’s spokesperson and public relations director Aseel Al-Mazyad said yesterday.