Egyptian labor ministry urges workers in Lebanon to regularize status by January 2027

Egypt's labor ministry has urged Egyptian workers in Lebanon to take advantage of grace periods allowing foreign labor to regularize residence and work status.

• Minister Hassan Radad directed the labor representation office in Lebanon to monitor decisions on regularizing foreign workers' status.
• Lebanese Labor Ministry decision 107/1, dated October 17, 2026, extended decision 157/1 on regularizing violators of foreign work rules until December 31, 2026.
• Lebanese General Security issued a circular allowing foreign workers violating residence and work rules to regularize status until January 29, 2027.
• The ministry urged Egyptian workers in Lebanon to regularize their legal status during the grace periods.