After sixteen months of ban, Kuwait start accepting request for new work permits for Egyptians to work in private sector, local media reported. According to Al Jarida report, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Acting Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahd Al-Yousef directed the General Administration of Residency Affairs, in coordination with the Public Authority for Manpower and the Kuwaiti Embassy in Cairo, to receive requests to issue work permits for Egyptian nationals to work in the private sector.

According to daily, the applicant must complete a medical test before his arrival to the country using the Egyptian national number.