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Some Expats to be Allowed to Return

Here is a bit of good news for expats stuck outside of Kuwait, according to the Arab Times, Kuwait will start allowing some expats to come into Kuwait but only under humanitarian basis such as children who have been separated from their families due to the crisis or parents who are stuck abroad. Source

The past few weeks they’ve allowed some expats to fly back in but they were either expats married to Kuwaitis, or domestic workers who flew back in with their Kuwaiti sponsors.

To register to come back you need to visit the Ministry of Foreign affairs website. I’m assuming its the same registration form as the one Kuwaitis used but the Arab Times article doesn’t say. Here is a link to the registration page which was previously used, it’s currently only in Arabic so they’d have to add an English version soon. Link

Update: According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Arab Times article is NOT true and they aren’t planning to set up a website for expats to register on. Only Kuwaitis and first degree relatives of Kuwaitis are currently allowed to come back. Source

52 replies on “Some Expats to be Allowed to Return”

Other countries allow all their residents not only citizens to return. We have thousands of residents waiting abroad. Wives, parents, children of expats

India didn’t even allow its citizens to return for months, we don’t care about what other countries do “Sunny”. We are a sovereign country and we govern ourselves.

I guess Kuwait brought the Chinese COVID team in to trade dim-sum recipes, then.

I’d say not only does Kuwait care VERY much about what other countries do, Kuwait cares what other countries and international organizations THINK about what Kuwait is doing “Ibn”.

Let’s keep it classy.

I can assure you that the Chinese medical experts were brought in cause we lost our illegal workers meaning we have no one to cook our rice and needed help learning to use those the god damn rice cookers.

Son of a bitch keeps beeping at me and I followed everything the instructions says. My chinese neighbours back in york (shout out to song and Chloe) came in, did the same thing and it worked fine.

Such ignorance.
Kuwait is much smaller economy compared to India, by population and by GDP (by scores)
Controlling a 1.3 billion people and controlling less than 5 million people are two very very different things. It needs much macro & micro planning. Though Kuwait is doings its best, if you compare the statistics, the infection per million population for Kuwait is over 2000 while that of India is around just 60. Let’s not get racial at these times. People need to come together to fight this, not create hatred or fire false allegations.
Praying for all this to end on the best possible way. Cheers.

I like where your head is at, and good points. We already have one country screaming “We’re number one!” Don’t need a few more.

Pride and hubris go before the fall. Or, to put it in American terms, “Let’s don’t spike the ball on the one-yard line.”

My friend is one of them… Went on leave with his mom to India… His wife & 2 daughters here… Now stuck because of lockdown…

Because Covid 19,we both me and my wife stranded at India and exceeded our 6 months reentry period.Holding a valid residence permit till August 2020. Pls advice travelling to Kuwait possible after present epidemic over,tnks

Thanks Mark! So far it seems that they haven’t put anything up for expats. It’s all for Kuwaitis still or the relative of Kuwaitis. Still is good news for those of us that are affected by this.

I hope it opens up soon… my daughter and I, travelled during the HALA Feb holidays and are stuck here. While my husband is waiting in Kuwait for us, the uncertainty is not a good feeling. It is saddening to convince a 7 yr old that a 8 days vacation is not 11 wks. Lets keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.

I gotta say, this is pretty impressive. Didn’t think this would be coming in anytime soon. Kudos to whoever got this project started!

The current relatives’ registration form (on MOFA website home page) doesn’t say anything about whether it’s the initial one that was just for citizens, or if the residents can now use the same one (ran it by Google Translate, correct me if I am wrong).

Best to wait for an official MOFA announcement I guess. Counting on you to update us non-Arabic speakers on that, Mark.

Yeah but when you enter your civil id info, it says it is only for Kuwaitis. So we have to wait a bit longer I guess.

I have seen few expats on the plane when I was coming back from the UK few weeks ago. I thought people knew about it? Hope everyone gets together with their beloved ones soon ❤️❤️ Much love and take care!

If anybody hear about any info please let us know. I work in kw but no kids or families apart. Bit my job is there.

On the evacuation flight there were several people who were from the sham region, even on the check list it asked whether or not you were Kuwaiti. Plus I asked the the embassy about a fellow school friend in London who is Lebanese’s ability to return they told me to tell her to contact them to get her on a flight. I think they allowed a lot of people back but refused to acknowledge due to possible backlash from right-wing individuals.

It’s just been announced this is only for 1st degree relatives of Kuwaitis – so spouses and children.

Those have already been coming in. This new announcement is for people whom for example have a wife and child here in Kuwait but the husband got stuck outside during the lock down. Not for Kuwaitis or expats married to Kuwaitis which are the current 4000 and so expats that have been coming in over the past month.

So Mark, is there still hope then? I can’t find anywhere on the MoFA website to register as an expat for my first degree relative to come back. Is it that the process has not been fully started and so we just have to wait a bit? I just don’t want to get my hopes up.

I don’t have any info other than whats in the paper. But I now from an expat reader who is married to a Kuwaiti and he was stuck in the US that he was able to get back into Kuwait by registering with the embassy.

Exactly – married to a Kuwaiti. Yet you’re saying that these people could already get in.

I dunno if it’s the lockdown – it you seem to be dismissing a lot of readers carte Blanche recently.

I wasn’t making up what I said earlier but you contradict me one minute and then confirm what I said the next. If you’re married to a Kuwaiti or the children of a Kuwaiti you can avail yourself of this service.

Other expats…..can’t.

I think the issue is you didn’t read my post which you’re commenting under. So let me TDLR it for you:

1) The article above linked in the post talks about some expats being allowed to come back in.. not related to Kuwaitis. Expats who for example have wife and kids here while the father is abroad. If you read the article it talks about bringing them back on a humanitarian basis.

2) Expats who are married to Kuwaits have already been allowed to come back and the article I’ve linked to mentioned over 4,000 expats who already came back. I also gave an example of a blog reader who is American married to a Kuwaiti and he was able to come back into Kuwait already.

So I’m not contradicting what I’m saying, you’re just not reading what I’m writing.

Ok . I know. Just saying there are people who are expats but not in any if that group. There are expats who are single and working there…….just forget it….

yup correct and on top of all this, the official Ministry of Foreign Affairs twitter account just posted that the Arab Times article is not true. So I just updated the post to reflect that.

Hey you just mentioned about expats whose family is separated are allowed to return..I and my children are here in India and my husband is in Kuwait…is there any place I can apply to get back home.. please advise

Who is us? The Arab Times article talks about expats who are separated from their families like a husband who is outside Kuwait and his kids and wife are in Kuwait. If that’s not you then yeah it’s not for you.

Mark there are expats not in this category who has relatives. There are so many expats singles working in Kuwait but not having any Kuwaiti husband or children or relatives. Working in kw for 20 years. All stuff left there. Yeah, it’s not time for being sarkastic. People are worried. And please don’t answer anymore

Just to clear the update
It means any direct relatives to a Kuwaiti that are not Kuwaiti

Example, a wife of a Kuwaiti who is from the US. Another example, a Kuwaiti woman who married a US man, and are living in Kuwait, wants to bring her kids back.

I filled in the form that has been posted on the MoFA site. On filling the application it clearly states that the application is only for a Kuwaiti citizen. So yea it isnt for all expats even if your country may be listed on the website….!!

Hello. Me and my husband came to USA for 15days, in February last and got stuck here. My 2.6years old twin kids are there in kuwait. I hope they open for expats like us who has this situation. Please tell how to go back to kuwait. 😔

I am a valid resident of Kuwait. I came to USA for my daughter’s delivery in January and got stuck here. My husband is in Kuwait. We have been separated for 5 months now. This long separation and uncertainty has put a lot of mental pressure on me and Im having depression. I cannot stay USA for more than 6 months. Is there any way I can get back to Kuwait on humanitarian ground ?

Similar case here. My wife has a valid kuwait residency but the baby was born outside Kuwait. I heard MOI was giving Visas in these cases in Subhan in Dec-2020. Visited MOI- Subhan last week but they had stopped. Any updates are appreciated

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