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How long did it take for your vaccine to be approved?

One of our company employees has been stuck in the US for months due to the restriction on expats coming into Kuwait and while there she got her vaccination. When the airports reopened she uploaded her vaccination paperwork to the MOH website to be validated but it still hasn’t gotten approved even though it’s been nearly a month.

She ended up missing her flight back to Kuwait so instead, she applied for a Saudi visa online since we have an office there, and in contrast, it took just 3 minutes to get her vaccination validated and visa issued!

Based on the responses under my previous post, I know a lot of you are still waiting for your vaccinations to get approved, but for those of you who already got it approved, how long did you have to wait??

56 replies on “How long did it take for your vaccine to be approved?”

It took mine 10 days approved yesterday , as per sources ministry system was down, hopefully with this to next week all certificates will be verfied .
Now they are back on track

One of my friends has two children in the uk and end of July they were trying to get on the site to get their certificates approved and the site wasn’t accessible.
They did get in start of august and now have to wait for approval but might have to put off their trip as colleges go back start of September in the UK and they might struggle to get a flight from the UK.

In kuwait system down means, ministry is not intented to do, once they put staff for the task, means system back on track 😛

i was in Pakistan and i uploaded my documents from there on MOH website and i received the verification email within 24 hrs.

A friend of mine working on Arifjan received J&J vaccine provided by the military, when the rules of having to be vaccinated came he submitted his documents online here in Kuwait and never received authorization, after 6 weeks he left back to the US. My company has a lot of employees stuck outside and no one has been approved yet. Our manager has flown to Dubai from Egypt to get residency from our office there so he can get the vaccination, wait until the second dose followed by 2 weeks. He will then apply for the approval for Kuwait and hopefully come back but who knows how long that will take.

One of my coworkers went to the MOH to get his approved. He just gave his civil ID number and they approved it on the spot. He also gave other employees civil ID number. I think he went to PAM. I’ll find out more details

I call bull. This is not true. I know ppl who tried to go direct and wasted their time. The system is not searchable by Civil ID easily and so wasta isn’t really working. They’re trying their best and we unfortunately have to wait it out

Sorry if I hurt your feeling. Not being negative. Just expressing frustration at ppl sharing this info like it’s an actual formal procedure and sending tons of ppl to the centre to be insulted and turned around. Pls stop advising anyone to do this and tell them to wait. Thanks to this being circulated, the ministry had to step in and shoot out an advisory

This is not the case with Kuwaitis By the way. My mom and aunt both took Pfizer from other countries, and both had theirs validated within 2 days

Weird

He should register for the vaccine with his civil ID and then download immune application.

Once registered, the system will automatically recognize his records and within 1 day his vaccine will be approved.

Not to forget, the whole purpose for this is to link his vaccine certification to the Kuwait Civil ID.

I tried it myself and got approved within 1 to 2 days.

I have 03 of my local workers who work on base here at Arifjan and who got vaccinated with the Jhonson & Jhonson vaccine. They uploaded their docs in MOH the first week of June. Still no approval.

Hey James,

If you get more info on getting the vaccination approved directly at the MOH using the civil ID, please share the process. It will be helpful for me to point my coworkers in that direction to get their status approved in the MOH system.

This is not true. I know ppl who tried to go direct and wasted their time. The system is not searchable by Civil ID easily and so wasta isn’t really working. They’re trying their best and we unfortunately have to wait it out

They released an article around last week on Kuwait Times saying that people should only apply it online and cannot go in person to the ministry. So I am guessing this is not possible any more.

Once you apply online then you go their and they will approve it but it’s a hit and miss. My coworker did it two days ago

I got vaccinated in Dubai …Pfizer …uploaded the certificate after the 2nd dose on Moh website got approval email after 7 days exact …if u upload only one dose it will not be approved also size of the pdf make sure it is less then 500 kb

My first one was quick whereas the second dose took 3 months. I remember it taking this long with others for the first dose. I don’t know what are the actual reasonings but they said it was some system glitch or problem.

Took me a few weeks, nothing worked, waited around 2 days before my scheduled flight back to Kuwait and someone had to go to Mishref on my behalf to get the approval.

Painful process, with a-lot of uncertainty, add to that the ban on expat entry for 6 months, ridiculous.

Please give some more info on how to get the registration done by physical presence (going to Mishref? What is this?)

I’m in Phoenix, got my vaccine from CVS 3 months ago. Uploaded the CDC vaccine card to the MOH with the link you provided, and my immune app was updated the next morning showing vaccinated and green. My digital civil id took 6 days to update. It’s best if you scan it properly and then compress the pdf to 300kbs, just a little under 500kbs.

I’m in Kerala. Uploaded Vax certificate more than a month back. I had actually given up hope of ever returning back. But lo and behold my approval came today. Honestly shocked. Was under the impression they I would be needing some serious Vitamin W supplements.

Hi Aadu,
Now you just need to book a flight via a transit country with two week quarantine and you’re in. I know lots of ppl say that you don’t need the 2 weeks but I’m told by reliable sources, that dgca hasn’t officially allowed ppl from high risk countries via a transit country without 2 weeks of stay there. The rules may change but until then keeping checking and make your reservations accordingly

According to CDC India is a High Risk country. Srilanka & Pakistan are moderate (level 2). UAE, KSA & Kuwait are in the level 4 (Very High Risk countries). So you want to travel from High Risk country to a Very High Risk country like UAE and stay there for 2 weeks?

Are you planning to take an adventurous trip spending 2 weeks in a 3rd country & 1 week institutional quarantine in Kuwait?

You have to quarantine for 1 week, however, if you get a negative PCR test on the 3rd day of quarantine, then you are free.

No there isn’t any quaratine for vaccinated individuals if they have negative PCR at Kuwait airport.

There is no PCR test on arrival. You have to quarantine at home for 7 days even if you are fully vaccinated. As said in the previous comment, if you get a negative PCR test on the 3rd day of quarantine, then you are free. Shlonik will send you 4-5 times a day “Check-in” notification.

I took one dose of AZ from MOH before leaving Kuwait and taking the J&J shot in the US. Trying to validate on the system is a problem now; they’ve rejected my submission saying my J&J shot needs to be listed as a second dose, but J&J isn’t an option when selecting “Second dose”….

Yes, I’m considering splitting the 14 days between Dubai, Georgia and Turkey. No time like now to take a vacation. And 7 days home quarantine split between my chalets in Salwa and Kheiran.

I applied on July 3rd and had no news. My parents went to a vaccination centre in Mishref today and told them to check my application and they approved it immediately.

Mine was approved in two weeks. My brother who was vaccinated in spain and had bar code was approved in 12 hours

I got my vaccination done in the US and fortunately, after uploading my CDC vaccination certificate, it was approved within an hour or two. Looks like MOH has stepped up their game in the final weeks of August!

It took me 3 days. I got my 2nd dose of AZ in UK on 22nd Aug. On 23rd Aug I got an online certificate. I upload it on 23rd, and on 26th Aug, I got the email of approval.

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