MoI orders to stop accepting applications for visit visas for parents and siblings

The Ministry of Interior has issued “verbal” instructions to all immigration administrations in all governorates of Kuwait to stop accepting applications for family visit visas from all nationalities - Arabs and foreigners - and to limit these visas only for wives and children, reported Kuwait Times daily.

This decision came due to security and social circumstances that some countries are going through as immigration administrations have received thousands of visit visa applications to bring in mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers. This has resulted in a glut of applications at the immigration offices which resulted in issuing this circular yesterday and refusing such applications, daily added.

Another daily Arab Times reported that the Ministry has given strict instruction to implement the rule which do not allow issuing of visit visa to visitors until six months after their previous visit.