Visa Traders Are Targeted By A New Foreign Residency Law

Saadoun Hammad, the head of the Parliamentary Interior and Defense Committee, said that what has been said about the provisions of the foreigners' residency law, which the committee recently adopted, is inaccurate, saying that the government project was meant to combat visa merchants.

According to a local Arabic daily, Hammad noted that the scheme includes toughening the penalties for residence traders, with those who trade in human people facing 5 years in prison or a fine of 10,000 dinars.

Article 11 is one of the misunderstood provisions, according to Hammad, because it states that "a foreigner who enters the country with the goal of a visit shall stay there for a duration not exceeding three months," and that when that period expires, the foreigner must leave the country.

"The expatriate is granted a 5-year renewable residency," Hammad said, adding that "the matter applies to children of Kuwaiti women residing for 10 years, property owners for 10 years, and investors for 15 years," adding that "the matter applies to children of Kuwaiti women residing for 10 years, property owners for 10 years, and investors for 15 years." All of the residencies are renewable."

"It is not permissible to shift residency without the approval of the employer, and it is not permissible for the domestic worker to stay outside Kuwait for more than four months," Hammad said of Article 14, which dealt with the deportation of domestic employees.

"The one who shelters fugitive domestic employees shall bear the expenses of deporting the foreigner from the State of Kuwait," Hammad added, referring to Article 24.

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