Visa transfer

I have the following question. I have been appointed by a prestigious company in Kuwait. My last working day would be Dec 31, 2019 after 3 months notice period. As per the company rule I cannot start working before my residency is transferred in their name. They say it will take till end of January 2020 only after which I can join the company. My question is that I will be jobless during this one month period so legally speaking should I be compensated for this one month by the new company as the delay is from their side.

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You have a choice to either accept or reject the company policy. The issue of compensation doesn’t arise here because during the period within which you consider yourself to be jobless, you can’t have any demands on the new company since in legal speak your contractual rights and obligations have not kicked in within that interim period. You will be stretching your luck to an absurd level if in spite of the company offering you a job in these difficult times, you go ahead to ask them to compensate you for doing no work for them.

I have a query regarding my dependent visa. I am planning to migrate to Kuwait by this month end as a dependent. I have completed Bachelor of Engineering and I have 4.5 years of experience in IT field. I am planning to continue my job in Kuwait but I’m coming on dependent visa. Is there any possibility to change from dependent visa to work visa immediately or how long will it take to change and what are the rules to change visa types. Please let me know.

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Since you are a holder of a university degree you can change dependent visa (Visa 22) to work visa (Visa 22) if and when you land a job in the private sector. If you didn’t have a university degree you would have had to have stayed in Kuwait for at least one year before being eligible to transfer your visa.