My wife is in India now and she is expected to come to Kuwait after one month with a child of around eight months, born in India. She has a residence of Article No. 22 (dependent visa on my sponsorship).

If I obtain a visit visa from the Immigration Department for my newborn baby, and after he arrives in Kuwait with his mother, can we get a residence for him under Article No. 22?

Or is it necessary to obtain a family visa for him and he can come to Kuwait only on that visa?

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Answer: You should have no problems in converting the visit visa of your baby to a dependent visa because this facility is available for infants. Except for infants, no one else is allowed to convert their visit visas to dependent visas. So just go ahead with your plans, you should face no problems.