No entry for expats to Kuwait with 21 diseases, including pregnancy

Health ministry announced a new list of 21 diseases and ailments that will prevent newly-recruited expatriates from entering Kuwait.

According to local media report, the new list includes brittle diabetes, irregular high blood pressure, cancer, strabismus (being cross-eyed), weak eyesight, kidney failure, lameness, contagious diseases, HIV, hepatitis B and C, microfilaria, malaria, leprosy, pulmonary tuberculosis, tinnitus, fibrosis and calcification of the lungs, inflammation of the pleura, hypertrophy contractions, pregnancy (for women applying for jobs) and other conditions due to which an expat applying for a visa to enter Kuwait will be deemed unfit and rejected. 

Expats with valid residencies in Kuwait who are diagnosed with any of the above mentioned diseases will not be deported, except those with infectious and contagious diseases like AIDS, hepatitis B and C and tuberculosis.

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