Residence transfer from factory visa to project visa

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I just want to inquire about my visa… I’m working with a new company now but the problem is this new company can’t transfer my visa to their sponsorship because (according to them) my current visa is a factory visa and it cannot be transferred to a project visa. Is there any such rule? Is there any chance or way to transfer my residence to a project visa fast easily? Can the new company get an extension to my current residence to buy some time?

My visa will expire this coming March and with it my family visas and I am planning to renew them before my visa expires … can I do that?. Will it not affect their renewal as per the new law? For my previous employer I worked for almost 3 years (2 years and 9 months to be exact) … can I get indemnity for that service?

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Answer: We have never heard of any such thing as you mention because there is no ban on the transfer of any company visa to a government project visa, although in Kuwait laws change very fast and sometimes in such circumstances these are not even communicated to the public or the press.

In spite of the above, we are so far sure that a step has not been initiated. Ask your company mandoub (company representative) to check with the Manpower Authority or the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor.

Just before your residence expires your company can get you an Article 14 residence (temporary residence) for one month at a time and a maximum of three months.

You can also get temporary residence for your family to give them some legal cover so that their stay in the country is not illegal. But you will face problems in getting the renewal of your family’s residence if your residence expires because under the current law the residence of your family will be tied to yours.

The law has become so strict that if your residence is about to expire, the residence of your family will not be extended.

When your residence is extended, your family’s residence will expire at exactly the same time as your, not a day more.

So, get your residence renewed as fast as possible. And talking about getting of indemnity, please remember that to be eligible for the end of service benefits (if you resign) you must have at least three years service and not a day less.

But in your case you have not mentioned whether you resigned or your services were terminated. If you resigned with less than three years service you will get nothing but if your services were terminated you will be entitled to the full indemnity regardless of the period of service.

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