Visa Requirements:
VISIT VISA
Citizen
of other GCC states have a right to enter and live in Kuwait without
undergoing any particular formalities.
Kuwait will grant 34 nationalities entry visas upon arrival, according
to a new decision from the Ministry of Interior (Feb. 2004).
Among those that will benefit are nationals from the:
| USA |
UK |
France |
| Germany |
Canada |
Australia |
| Japan |
Netherlands |
Belgium |
| Switzerland |
Austria |
Sweden |
| Denmark |
Portugal |
Ireland |
| Finland |
Spain |
Monaco |
| Iceland |
Andorra |
San
Marino |
| Brunei |
Singapore |
Malaysia |
| South
Korea |
China |
Italy |
| New
Zealand |
Luxembourg |
Norway |
| Greece |
The
Vatican |
Liechtenstein |
| Hong
Kong |
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Other countries can obtain visas through Kuwait Airways offices
as the airline has an online facility to process the visa through
the Ministry of Interior, or through hotels in
Kuwait.
But all other nationals are subject to strict rules of entry and
registration as foreigners under the sponsorship of Kuwaitis or
Kuwait companies or as dependents of foreigners under who already
enjoy residence under Kuwait sponsorship. There are two basic types
of visa, a visit visa and a residence visa.
A foreigner whose country without a visa abolition treaty with Kuwait,
ie a treaty permitting Kuwait to enter their country without a visa,
may be granted reciprocal rights in the Kuwait. These persons however
may require an entry permit. Entry permits are acquired in the same
way and under the same procedures as visit visa.
International airline have been instructed by the Kuwaiti authorities
not to board passengers for Kuwait unless they have valid visas
or entry permits.
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