SunStar + July 03, 2021 SKILLED Filipino workers are still among the foreign nationals not allowed to enter Kuwait as part of measures against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Only diplomats and household service workers will be allowed to enter the country, Philippine Labor Attaché to Kuwait Nasser Mustafa said. Mustafa called on the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Friday, July 2, 2021, to temporarily stop the issuance of overseas employment certificate (OEC) to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who are not household service workers, bound for Kuwait. "Only domestic workers are allowed to enter Kuwait. Skilled workers remain banned here," said Mustafa. "This is why we are asking the POEA to temporarily suspend issuance of OECs to our skilled workers because they cannot enter Kuwait," he added.