Visit visas
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All Types Of Visit Visas Extension Stopped Till Further Notice17 May 2016Directors of residency affairs departments in all six governorates received verbal orders to suspend the extension of all types of visit visas until further notice. The decisi...Kuwait Bans Controversial Religious Figures During The Holy Month Of Ramadan19 May 2016Kuwait would not grant visas to religious figures known for their controversial views planning to visit the country during the holy month of Ramadan. Religious figures have traditi...Dna Checks To Cover All Kuwaitis , Expats, Bedoun And People Arriving On Visit Visas19 August 2016The DNA fingerprinting will cover all people living in Kuwait citizens, expatriates, bedoun and even people arriving in the country on visit visas, the government has imported...Health Insurance For Expats Who Entering The Country On Visit Visas04 September 2016The Kuwaiti parliament’s health committee is working on measures to impose health insurance on expats entering the country on visit visas. Officials said some expats vis...More Than 776,000 Residence Permits And 32,000 Visit Visas Were Issued In The Last Two Months12 July 2017More than 776,000 residence permits and 32,000 visit visas were issued in the last two months. In a press statement issued by Ministry of Interior, the General Department of Pub...Visit Visas To Kuwait Open For Hala Feb Festival16 January 2020As the preparations continue to celebrate the ‘Hala February’ Festival and the national holidays, the residence affairs departments in all the Kuwaiti governorates have...No Renewal Of Visit Visas After November 3014 September 2020There will be no renewal of visit visas after Nov 30, Al Anba newspaper reported recently disclosing that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior issued a decision grant...Italian Embassy In Kuwait Resumes Issuance Of Visit Visas27 October 2021The Italian Ministry of Health has issued the following new ordinance which allows travelers coming from Kuwait to enter in Italy for tourism and are no longer subject to quarantin...Expatriate Teachers Call On Ministry To Intervene To Extend Duration Of Visa09 November 2021A group of teachers who were stranded outside the country and have since returned to the country on visit visas have appealed to the Ministry of Education to come to their rescue s...Saudi Arabia Announces Free Extension Of Residence, Visit Visas Until Jan 3129 November 2021Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Passports has started to automatically extend the validity of residence permits (Iqama) and exit and re-entry visas without fees or char...Fine To Be Imposed On Expat Visit Visa Sponsors29 May 2022Since the people they brought into the country on visit visas have not left, the Ministry of Interior is considering imposing penalties on some foreign sponsors. According to the A...All Visit Visas Suspended28 June 2022According to a ministry of interior, family and tourism visit visas will no longer be given from today until further notice. The Residency Affairs department is reportedly introduc...Salary Cap May Increase For Visit Visas03 July 2022Following the abrupt decision to stop issuing these visas Monday, the Residency Affairs Sector will present next week a new mechanism for organizing the issuance of family and tour...News Residency Law - Fees Will Be Tripled?14 November 2022Authorities are preparing a new residency law and new mechanisms to grant visit visas and residency permits, local daily Kuwait Times reported. Interior Minister Sheikh Talal Al-Kh...MOI Relents On Granting Visit Visa To 'certain' Nationals09 March 2024Following a recent meeting between the General Administration of Residence Affairs and the Public Authority for Manpower, an agreement has been reached to reinstate work permits ex...