Kuwait suspends issue of visit visas

  • Date: 28-Jun-2022
  • Source: Gulf Insider
  • Sector:Tourism
  • Country:Kuwait
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Kuwait suspends issue of visit visas

Kuwait has stopped issuing visit visas, including family and tourist visas, starting Monday, June 27, 2022, and until further notice, the interior ministry announced.

The decision, made upon instructions of First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, comes to allow the Residency Affairs Department to prepare a new mechanism with regulations to organize and improve the visa issuing process, the ministry explained in a statement.