Kuwait Times

Published Date: May 30, 2007

KUWAIT: In a surprise decision, the Interior Ministry informed directors of Immigration Departments in the six governorates not issue visit visas to families of expatriates except for their wives and children, reported Al-Rai.

Informed sources said the new decision annuls all previous decisions that allowed an expat to invite his parents, siblings, children of siblings and in-laws on a visit visa for a month.

The sources said the verbal instructions also called for strict measures in granting visit visas to the wives and children of residents of eight nationalities - Iraq, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, Pakistan and surprisingly, Egypt. Sources lamented the new decision is not in favor of economic revival.