On 17 February 2018, the Royal Thai Embassy helped sending 11 Thai workers hired by Kharafi National Company back to Thailand. The company has terminated the contracts of the workers and stopped paying salaries and other benefits, including plane tickets because its closing down. The Thai workers were urgently needed to go back to Thailand before 22 February 2018, which is the deadline for residence amnesty declared by the Government of the State of Kuwait, stipulating regulations for expatriates, whose residency applications were rejected or those with expired residency permits, to rectify their status or leave the country without having to pay fines.