KUWAIT: An official source at the manpower authority said the authority exempts expats from the ban on transferring their residencies from small projects to the private sector if a worker initially transferred to a small company locally. The source said the decision banning the residency transfer from small projects applies to workers that were brought from their countries to work in small enterprises, adding such workers cannot transfer to the private sector and are only allowed to transfer to other companies in the small projects sector. - A Saleh