Kuwait, a long-preferred Gulf destination for Bangladeshi migrant workers, had all but closed its visa channels for over a decade. For more than a decade, Bangladeshi workers had only access to limited-category permits, with the coveted Ahli/Shoun visa, Kuwait’s top-tier employment visa, completely unavailable during that period, he added. Another expatriate businessman, Mohammad Bilal Hossain, said Kuwait technically has no fixed price for a labour visa. “The visa process costs three Kuwaiti dinars, and embassy attestation costs another three,” said expatriate activist Abdus Saleh. “Compared with other South Asian countries, Bangladeshis pay the highest migration costs,” said Hebju Miah, joint secretary of the Bangladesh Press Club in Kuwait.

Source: bd News24 July 06, 2025 08:03 UTC