The minimum salary requirement is 800 dinars

KUWAIT CITY, July 15: The Ministry of Interior on Monday decided to cancel the university degree condition for expatriates to apply for a family visa. Sources explained that based on the decision, expatriates are allowed to bring their wives and children under the age of 14 to the country without the condition of having a university degree. Last January, the ministry issued a directive for the residency affairs departments in various governorates to start receiving family visa applications according to new controls and conditions as per the instruction of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Defense Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousuf Al- Sabah.

This step was taken after the issuance of Ministerial Resolution No. 56/2024 on the new conditions and controls for the issuance of an entry visa to join a family member, such as raising the salary requirement to KD800, the applicant must have university qualifications and his profession in the country should match his qualification certificates.

On the other hand, sources confirmed that the security sectors in the ministry continue their campaigns against violators of the Residency and Labor laws. They affirmed these campaigns will not stop and will cover all governorates in order to expel violators from the country. Sources added that the senior leadership at the ministry issued a directive to provide all the necessary humanitarian services to the violators, and for the Deportation Administration to expedite the completion of procedures for their deportation.

By Mohammad Ghanem
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff