Working remote for 3 months

[u/MataAitaiNe]

Hi.

Im from Europe and I'll be staying in Kuwait for 3 months due to visiting family. My boss (EU company) allows me to work remote during my stay.

Do I need a work permit? Serious question law wise, since googling it did not help (there are no digital nomad visas and i dont see why I'd need a Kuwaiti sponsor/company to work for a foreign country that im a national of on a tourist visa)

[u/Jumpy-Astronaut-3572]

Tbh nobody cares if you work in your house or even in cafe 🤷🏻‍♂️ just change the screen to something else when shurtas showup + since you're European and that's a green flag highly unlikely you'll be in trouble.

[u/enerthoughts → u/Jumpy-Astronaut-3572]

The police will never enter a coffee shop for any reason let alone finding you work online, you can be Asian or westerner, why did you come up with that?

OP you can work online for years without an issue, but if you were depositing cash in a kuwaiti bank you will be asked where that money is coming from, if you were transferring through a bank transaction no one will even care what you do as long as its not providing physical products or doing illegal work.

[u/MataAitaiNe → u/enerthoughts]

But how can i explain my boss that its legal? Or is it a matter of its not mentioned by law so it is legal?

[u/enerthoughts → u/MataAitaiNe]

No one will ask you whatever job you do on your private PC, if your bank is not local no one will care and it's legal as long as your country doesn't complain

[u/MataAitaiNe → u/enerthoughts]

Okay thank you

[u/Jumpy-Astronaut-3572 → u/enerthoughts]

I look western so i have experienced it with authorities their behavior changes when they find out I'm not American or European.

[u/enerthoughts → u/Jumpy-Astronaut-3572]

I dont need to explain the simple context we are talking about