ALL ENTRY VISAS TO BE GRANTED WITH PERMISSION OF CORONA COMMITTEE

  • 06/02/2021

Kuwait City : Director-General of Residency Affairs Brigadier General Hamad Al-Tawala said that the residencies of 182,393 expats stranded abroad have expired during the period between March 12, 2020, and 10th, January 2021 .He  explained that to stop the spread of coronavirus across the country, the Council of Ministers issued its decision No. 1016/2020, which stipulates “an emphasis on not granting entry visas of all kinds for all nationalities except with the approval of the Ministerial Committee for Corona Emergencies”.


Accordingly, sponsors must obtain the approval of the committee to issue entry visas for their employees. When the latter enter the country, they must be granted the required residence under their employers’ sponsorship.

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