Kuwait City: The Public Authority for Manpower is planning to impose new conditions on transactions for expats older than 65 who hold no university degrees.
According to informed sources, some labour departments have already started banning visa transfers from one company to another for this particular category.
Public Authority of Civil Information (PACI) statistics show the total number of expats older than 65 are standing at 23,500 in the private sector, in addition to 2,250 as domestic helpers, 9,516 housewives, 488 retirees with special income and 1,094 unemployed.
A total of 10,217 expats older than 65 hold university degrees or higher, while 8,914 are illiterate, 8,599 can only read and write, 6,082 have completed high school, 5,618 intermediate school and 4,302 only have a primary school education.