KUWAIT: In light of the Court of Appeal’s decision in March to uphold the ruling of the Court of First Instance to cancel Administrative Decision No. 27/2021 stipulating the rules, regulations and procedures in the issuance of work permits, it is anticipated that the health insurance fees for expatriates aged 60 and above, who do not hold a university degree, will be eliminated. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) disclosed that as of mid-2024; a total of 97,622 expatriates fall under the abovementioned category.

The Arab Times obtained a copy of the statistics released by PACI, indicating that the number of expatriate university degree holders reached 143,488 ; while 6,561 are postgraduate degree holders (Master’s and PhD); 82,258 are illiterate; 175,672 have elementary certificates and those with intermediate level reached 632,017. The same statistics revealed that 795,349 expatriates are classified as unspecified; while those with high school certificates totaled 248,697 and those with diplomas reached 79,902. In addition, the total number of expatriates in the country has reached 3,358,654.

By Najeh Bilal / Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff