Citizenship committee uncovers major forgery case dating back to 2016; more than 1,000 persons affected
. . . as investigations continue based on genetic evidence and official documents, the Supreme Committee decided to withdraw citizenship from the two new cases and their 71 dependents — 37 related to the first case and 34 to the second — bringing the total number of individuals affected in this file to 1,024.
The Supreme Committee for Citizenship Investigation has reopened a complex case dating back to 2016, involving a Kuwaiti citizen who was subjected to DNA testing after doubts emerged about the authenticity of the data in his citizenship file.
According to the sources, the man admitted at the time that while 36 people were registered under his file, only 16 were his biological children.
Their genetic samples were verified and matched with the father’s DNA kept in the forensic records. The genuine children were then separated from those proven to have obtained citizenship fraudulently, reports Al-Rai daily.
Investigations that began in 2016 uncovered the involvement of two Syrian nationals in the forgery, whose Kuwaiti citizenship was subsequently revoked.
However, the case was stalled for several years due to political and administrative complexities, before being reopened recently for a comprehensive review.
The sources explained that the main forger had added 20 people to his file at different times through falsified documents.
Citizenship was withdrawn from four of them between 2016 and 2020, and from 11 others between 2024 and 2025, bringing the total to 15 individuals so far. Those whose citizenship has been revoked include 953 dependents — children, grandchildren, and spouses.
The committee also reviewed two new cases involving the forger’s descendants — one deceased and another who had left Kuwait illegally while still listed as a resident in the national records. The person who facilitated his illegal departure was later arrested and sentenced to five years in prison.
Ironically, further investigation revealed that the man who arranged the escape was himself the son of another individual who had forged his nationality decades earlier.
Based on genetic evidence and official documents, the Supreme Committee decided to withdraw citizenship from the two new cases and their 71 dependents — 37 related to the first case and 34 to the second — bringing the total number of individuals affected in this file to 1,024.
Sources emphasized that the case remains open, as three more individuals linked to the same extended family are under investigation, along with their dependents. Their data and DNA samples are being reviewed in sequence until the file is fully closed.
