KUWAIT: Acting Director of Hawally Residency affairs department Lt
Col Fawaz Al-Roumi said accurate information at the residency affairs
department on expatriates contributes to presenting visa services easily
to them, and their transactions will be processed without mistakes or
complications. He said the residency affairs department has prepared an
integrated work mechanism to upgrade information and data transfer for
all expatriates, adding that those concerned should refer to the
residency affairs departments to update their information or transfer
data from old passports to new ones. The person will be given two months
after the expiry of the old passport before fines are imposed.
He said if the same passport is renewed, the person should go to the
residency department before the passport actually expires, and will be
given two months grace after the passport expires to avoid fines. He
said this procedure must be followed to update information in the
computer at the residency affairs department, as it was noticed that
many expatriates have valid visas but their passports have expired, and
this will result in fines against them.
Roumi said the fine of not updating data is KD 2 per day, with a
maximum of KD 600. He said for those who renew their passports outside
Kuwait, they should refer to the department within one month after
entering the country, otherwise they will have to pay a fine. He said an
expat who arrives with a new passport will be informed to go to the
residency affairs department within a month to update his data.
By Hanan Al-Saadoun
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