More Than 8000 Expat Children In Violation Of Residency Law

  • 06/12/2020

Kuwait City : As per reports, more than 8000 expatriate children are in violation of residency law, because of the failure of their relatives to register them after birth which puts them in the category of unknown status. They referred to the Ministry of Interior's directive to approve an automated linking project with the Ministry of Health, which allows birth registration in the Ministry of Interior's database after birth at any of hospitals of the Ministry of Health or private hospitals. The reports said that "It has been discovered that there is a large number of expatriates with children who do not inform the Ministry of Interior of their status to complete the residency procedures for them. They were content with just obtaining the birth certificate in order to escape the payment of residency and health insurance fees, or because the father is a violator of the residency law. This makes the child in violation of the residency law and without data with the Ministry of interior due to lack of electronic link with the Ministry of Health." The project which was prepared by the Ministry of Interior grants the guardian a period of four months to complete the procedures for registering their newborn children. After that a fine will be imposed for each day of delay. 

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