Meeting Of Residency Law Today; Deportation If No Legitimate Sources Of Income

The interior and defence committee of the National Assembly is set to vote on important amendments to the country's residence law on Thursday, including granting investors a 15-year residency for the first time.

The revisions also call for Kuwaiti women who are not naturalized citizens to be able to sponsor their children and foreign husbands for a 10-year residency.

The new rules also make it possible for foreign widows and divorcees of Kuwaiti husbands with children to apply for permanent residency without the need for a sponsor. Residency can be given for up to ten years to children of Kuwaiti women and foreigners who possess real estate in the country.

According to the revisions, foreign government employees are not able to receive a residence permit in the private sector unless their prior government employers accept the transfer.

The government-sponsored reforms give the interior minister the power to deport ex-pats with legal residency permits for security or public interest reasons, or if they don't have a genuine source of income. Their sponsored family members may be deported as well.

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