It appears the joy of many non-graduate Palestinians who are 60 years and above and living in Kuwait is short-lived because they face hurdles in renewing their work permits since they do not hold ‘original’ Palestinian travel documents as required by law.
Al-Qabas has learned although this category of Palestinians is exempted from paying the full fees – 250 dinars for renewal of work permit in addition to 500 dinars private health insurance cover – a majority or most of them do not hold original Palestinian travel documents to be eligible for exemption.
It is reported a majority of the Palestinians living and working in Kuwait hold travel documents of various Arab countries such as temporary Jordanian passports, and travel documents issued by Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon.
Despite the decision to exclude Palestinians from document holders, these Palestinian residents are not covered by the renewal.
The daily said Jordanian temporary passports, according to the website of the Jordanian Civil Status and Passports Department, are issued to residents of the West Bank who do not have a national number, in addition to residents of the Gaza Strip residing in Jordan to whom the conditions are applied.
