Kuwait Times, Thursday, Dec 31, 2020 | Jamadi Al Awwal 16, 1442
MoI extends amnesty for illegal expats
Kuwait:
Interior Minister Sheikh Thamer Al-Sabah yesterday issued a decision
extending a grace period for expat residency violators by another month, with
the new amnesty ending on Jan 31, 2021. The earlier grace period was scheduled
to end today. Under the amnesty, residency violators were allowed to legalize
their stay in the country by paying the necessary fines, or leaving the country
– also after paying fines – with the ability to return to the country in the
future.
Under the new decision, illegal expats, estimated at more than 150,000, will be
given similar facilities. However the decision warned that those who fail to
benefit from the new grace period will be penalized in accordance with the law
and deported from the country. They will also be barred from returning in the
future.