A ban on visa issuance for citizens of six countries could be lifted next month after Kuwait announces new rules to regulate this process, a local daily reported yesterday, quoting a Migration General Department official.

According to local daily, preparations are ongoing to put together the controls and mechanisms for allowing citizens of Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen to apply for an entrance or dependency visa.

The daily did not provide details about the new mechanisms which are expected to be announced next October.

The ban was imposed in 2011 for “security reasons” stemming from an unstable political situation in some of the aforementioned states.

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