KUWAIT: Three decades earlier, a man entered the country with his Yemeni passport as a cook, before becoming a soldier under the sponsorship of a citizen, and then became a 'bedoon' (stateless). The man continued to live this way until he was discovered by the investigation department of the central apparatus for the remedy of the situation of illegal residents and was referred to concerned authorities.

An informed source said on the instructions of the head of the department Saleh Al-Fadhalah, the investigation department discovered a unique case of the Yemeni who claimed to be a bedoon for 33 years, following the central department's adoption of the most modern technologies linking various state departments to compare and prove that he had a nationality.

The source said the Yemeni came to Kuwait in 1983 with his original passport as a cook, but a year later, he was able to enroll in the army as a 'bedoon.' In 1986, he was able to obtain an exit visa and went to Saudi Arabia, then to Yemen where he got married. He then authenticated the marriage contract claiming she was also a bedoon, and had 11 children with his wife.

The source said in 2006, the Yemeni-bedoon visited Yemen again, where he remarried and returned to Kuwait with a Yemeni passport with a different name. One of his sons received an Article 17 passport and went to Yemen to study, and remained there for two years. The source said following this information and linking information from various departments, the details became known, and he was sent to concerned authorities for further legal action.