Around 8,00,000 expats still to take biometrics

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Director of the Personal Investigation Department at the Criminal Investigations Directorate Brig Gen Nayef Al-Mutairi said that around 800,000 residents still not taken their biometric finger prints. Nearly 1,068,000 had completed. In the case of citizen, approximately 800,000 Kuwaitis have completed their biometric registration, leaving around 175,000 citizens who are still required to do so.

The deadline for citizens to complete their biometric registration is Sept 30, while residents have time until Dec 31.

Al-Mutairi also emphasized that all transactions will be suspended for those who have not completed their biometric registration by the respective deadlines, as announced earlier this year.

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