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Foreigners applying for residency must bring certified criminal records -- IM |
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 22:37 |
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KUWAIT, Jan 12 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Interior Ministry said on Tuesday all foreigners seeking to apply for temporary residency must bring their criminal records, certified by the official authorities of his/her country.
Director of Hawalli Governorate Immigration Col. Talal Ibrahim Marafi, in a press statement, affirmed refusal of granting residency to those who have entry visas, as stipulated by articles 24, 22, 20, 19, 18, and foreign residency applicants must bring their criminal records. Marafi said this decision would benefit homeland security, adding that the Security Media Department in the Ministry of Interior carried out campaigns through the print and audio-visual media to publicize the new term for the residency in the country. Criminal records must be issued after the date of issuance of the visit visa for expatriates who came to Kuwait from countries other than their nations, and that those presented from their homeland should be valid for three months. He noted that the decision excluded people under the age of 18 for visitors according to the visa issued on the basis of the article 22, adding that the decision is also applicable on those with government contracts.
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