Shepherd visa transfer

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I have read the Arab Times Legal Clinic article on transfers from a “ shepherd visa”. First of all I would like to thank you for providing such vital information to us through your paper.

I would like to ask one further question regarding the issue of shepherd visa. I have a camel shepherd visa and the company where I am working is vegetables and sheep farms.

I would like to know whether I can transfer my camel shepherd visa to vegetable farm visa or sheep farm (which my company has). I would like to add that I have completed my one and half years in Kuwait.

Name withheld

Answer: We have already mentioned a number of times that people working on farms can transfer, after completing the obligatory period for such transfer, to even Article 18 (work permits) but only if this transfer is to the company of the same sponsor. But if you want to transfer from one sort of farm to another, this shouldn’t be difficult at all if the farm belongs to your current sponsor.

The only time one faces difficulty in such cases is if the farm you want to transfer belongs to another sponsor. In such a case you have to wait three years to make such a request. Please also remember that the Ministry of Interior, through the Immigration Department, is very strict on transfer of expatriates on “shepherd visas” to jobs other than that of shepherds.

A senior Public Authority for Manpower official recently voiced this restriction as a measure to cut down the trade in visas and to ensure that expatriates stick to line of work for which they have been issued visas to work in Kuwait

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