Kuwait..a new “tight” mechanism for tourist and family visits

Kuwaiti security sources revealed that the decision to stop tourist and family visas came due to the numbers that entered the country during the past months and did not leave, which raised the number of violators to about 20,000.

Al-Rai newspaper quoted the Ministry of Interior as “stopping the issuance of entry visas on a family and tourist visit visa until further notice, to prepare a new mechanism with regulations for the interest and development of work,” while the sources stated that the decision “does not include electronic visas that are granted directly to some nationalities at the airport.”

The sources indicated that “the number of arrivals who entered the country on tourist and family visas during 2022 reached about 70,000,” noting that “work is being done to establish a strict mechanism and controls to ensure that the visitor leaves immediately upon the expiry of his visa, in addition to not allowing the extension of the visit period, which is granted for a period of 3 months.” .

The sources pointed out to “a coordination mechanism between the Ministry of Interior and the Public Authority for Manpower to tighten the granting of work permits, and to grant them in accordance with regulations after ensuring that the labor market needs them, in order to preserve the demographic structure of some communities.”

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