3,000 Nepali Expats Have Applied For Travel Documents To Leave Kuwait During The Amnesty

A total of 3,000 Nepali expatriates have applied for travel documents to leave Kuwait during the amnesty period declared by Ministry of Interior for those in violation of the country’s residency law. Source – Kathmandu Post Online. According to the Embassy of Nepal in Kuwait, these numbers include more than 1,700 women who did not have legal residence permits to work in the country.

These numbers are likely to increase, as there are about 4,500 Nepali expatriates who are in violation of the residency law. The embassy has been encouraging Nepali citizens in the country to take advantage of the amnesty to either rectify their residency status or return to Nepal, and helping them in this regard. Ministry of Interior had initially declared that the amnesty would be from Jan 29 to Feb 22; however, this period was later extended to April 22.

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The embassy had issued 263 travel documents for Nepali expatriates on the first day of the amnesty, which was on January 29. “This is a great opportunity for Nepalis to return home or amend their legal status and continue working in Kuwait. We are thinking of holding talks with multi-stakeholders regarding best ways to utilize the opportunities. If the workers cannot return on their own, we will ask the concerned bodies including recruitment agencies to take this responsibility”, says the spokesperson of Nepal’s Ministry of Labor and Employment. In this regard, a report issued by the concerned Kuwaiti authorities revealed that the top five countries with citizens in violation of the residency law are India with over 32,000 violators, Egypt with 10,700 violators, the Philippines with 11,800 violators, Bangladesh with 25,000 violators, Syria with 6,900 violators.

SOURCE : ARABTIMES

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