The Public Authority of Manpower has temporarily suspended the
Kuwait Engineering Society's right to accredit engineering
degrees following feedback from engineers and businesses regarding
the accreditation process. Accreditation for these degrees will
remain suspended until a new accrediting authority is appointed
– which is expected in the coming months. As a general rule,
in Kuwait, foreign nationals who seek to obtain a work permit to
work as an engineer must have their engineering degree accredited
by a specific authority in Kuwait.
As a temporary exception to this rule in light of the current
situation, foreign engineers can currently obtain a work permit
without any accreditation by authorities in Kuwait, provided that
their education qualifications are legalized by a Kuwaiti consular
post in the country where those qualifications were issued. It is
currently unclear if foreign workers who obtain their work permit
in this way will subsequently be required to
