175,000 citizens face transaction freeze as biometric deadline nears
The fingerprinting deadline for Kuwaiti nationals is this month, while expatriates have until year’s end, with transactions halted for those who don't comply.
• While 2,601,800 citizens and biometric residents have been fingerprinted over the past months, 975,000 individuals, including 175,000 citizens, still have not completed the fingerprinting process.
As the biometric fingerprint deadline approaches at the end of this month, about 175,000 citizens who haven’t completed the process face the risk of having their transactions with government agencies halted starting in early October, Al Jarida reported.
Brigadier General Nayef Al-Mutairi, Director of the Department of Personal Investigation and Automatic Research at the General Directorate of Forensic Evidence, Ministry of Interior, announced that 2,601,800 citizens and biometric residents have been fingerprinted over the past months. He noted that 975,000 individuals, including 175,000 citizens, still have not completed the fingerprinting process.
He revealed that 800,000 citizens have completed fingerprinting, compared to 1.86 million residents. Additionally, he noted that bedridden individuals accounted for 1,000 of those fingerprinted.
He added that the deadline for citizens to complete fingerprinting expires at the end of this month, while the deadline for expatriates will be extended until the end of the year. After this, the transactions of anyone who has not completed fingerprinting will be halted until they comply.
He emphasized that the biometric fingerprinting is one of the key national projects aimed at ensuring the security and safety of both citizens and residents. This initiative is being carried out under the direct guidance and support of Sheikh Fahd Al-Yousef, First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, and Minister of Defence, who has dedicated all human resources, security personnel, and modern technology to the success of this project.
He urged anyone who has not yet completed the fingerprinting process to visit one of the fingerprinting centers promptly to avoid disruptions to their transactions.
