Moe Halts Visa Renewal For Expat Teachers Stranded Abroad

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has halted the renewal of residency permits for expat teachers who are stranded abroad, based on coordination with the Ministry of Interior in this regard, said Al-Qabas.

The daily reports, quoting sources, that the reason for the decision is due to the circulation of news on some media that there are fees to be paid for the residency visa renewals, which has raised fears. There is high-level coordination between officials of the Ministries of Education and the Interior to look into an alternative procedure that allows teachers whose residency visa has expired to enter the country. It is expected that the government will issue entry visas to teachers whose residency has expired instead of renewing them while they are outside the country.

The education department is directed to prepare lists of the names of all teachers stranded abroad and send them to the concerned authorities before the beginning of September in order to find a mechanism to allow them to enter, in order to avoid a deficiency in the education teacher body with the start of the new academic year 2020-2021.

In addition, the Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education, Faisal, addressed the Civil Service Bureau to inform about the procedures to be followed regarding non-Kuwaiti administrative workers and teachers who left the country and were unable to return at the beginning of the official working hours, given the current exceptional circumstances at the airport after the Cabinet’s decision to suspend flights from 32 countries.

 

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