KUWAIT has lifted the visa ban on the deployment of Filipino skilled workers, including domestic workers, Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said on Tuesday.
In a press briefing, Cacdac confirmed the lifting, saying this is part of Undersecretary Bernard Olalia’s visit to Kuwait last week.
For the deployment of domestic workers, he said Kuwaiti authorities agreed to the proposal of the Philippines to limit the deployment to those with work experience, similar to the deferment in February 2023.
Due to the murder case of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara, then Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople, limited the deployment of domestic workers to Kuwait to only those with previous work experience, and banned first-timers.
In May 2023, Kuwait suspended all new visas for Philippine passport holders.
With this development, Cacdac said a two-week to one-month adjustment period is needed to set the relevant issuances and work on the regulations on the resumption of deployment of newly hired and skilled workers to Kuwait.
