Kuwait approves domestic worker recruitment from India and nine other countries
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Kuwait has approved the recruitment of domestic workers from India and nine other countries under revised regulations aimed at strengthening oversight of the domestic labour sector.
The Ministry of Interior issued a circular authorising recruitment from South Africa, Benin, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam and Nepal.
Recruitment from Senegal will be limited to male domestic workers.
Under the new regulations, all recruitment procedures will be processed through governorate-level service centres as part of efforts to simplify applications and improve administrative efficiency.
The ministry said the policy was introduced following recommendations from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health and the Public Authority for Manpower.
At the same time, Kuwait has imposed restrictions on domestic worker recruitment from 27 countries.
The list includes Madagascar and Bhutan, along with several African countries such as Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Togo, Malawi, Chad, Djibouti, Niger, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cabo Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Angola.
Officials said some restrictions apply only to female domestic workers, while the recruitment of male workers remains permitted in certain cases.
The circular has been distributed to residency affairs departments and service centres nationwide and is already in force.
Authorities said the measures are intended to strengthen regulation of the domestic worker recruitment sector through updated procedures and tighter controls.