The Residence Affairs Department stated that family visit visas for expats will open within this week after a period of more than two years of closure due to the pandemic crisis.

With the recent decision by the Council of Ministers before Eid which cancelled all restrictions related to Corona, the residence affairs department will receive requests for family visit visas for expats.

To acquire visas previous conditions such as Nationality, Salary cap, Security checks will be followed.

Nationals of Iraq, Pakistan, Syrian, Yemen, Iran, Afghan and North Korea are still banned from entering Kuwait. Noting that some other nationalities cannot obtain commercial, work or dependency visas without consent from the Kuwaiti interior minister.