‘Forgery Within Forgery’: Investigations expose complex citizenship manipulation

The Supreme Committee for Nationality Affairs examined a complicated citizenship file listing 19 sons and daughters under the name of a deceased individual, which after thorough investigations confirmed it was a pure case of forgery.

According to reliable committee sources attention was directed at two sons who had been under suspicion, noting that previous inquiries had already led to the revocation of citizenship from four others in the same file after it was established that they were falsely registered and were not the deceased’s biological children.

DNA fingerprinting established that 13 of the 19 registered individuals are full siblings from the same father. It also confirmed that four others — whose citizenship had already been revoked — were falsely registered, reports Al-Rai daily.

With the completion of recent examinations, two additional individuals were conclusively proven, through scientific evidence, not to be the sons of the deceased, raising the total number of forged additions in the file to six.

Sources explained that one of the individuals, born in 1964, was officially registered as alive, although records showed he left Kuwait in 1995 and never returned.

DNA tests conducted on his sons residing in Kuwait, and compared with those of the alleged uncles, proved there was no familial relationship. Gulf documents obtained by the Nationality Investigation Department further supported the findings.

Although the sons claimed their father had died abroad, no death certificate was filed in Kuwait, as his Gulf name differed from his Kuwaiti name — an inconsistency that would have exposed the forgery. His file includes five children and a total of 17 dependents.

The second individual, born in 1967, left the country in May 2025. His file lists 11 sons and 17 dependents. Genetic fingerprint comparisons with the 13 confirmed brothers conclusively showed that he is not related, placing him among those who fraudulently were included in the file.

The sources said the case emerged during a comprehensive review of files involving individuals who had previously surrendered Gulf nationality documents under an illegal customary procedure to retain Kuwaiti citizenship. This review uncovered multiple layers of forgery.

In one case, investigators found a complete discrepancy between an applicant’s Kuwaiti and Gulf identities. His Kuwaiti records state he was born in 1935, while Gulf documents show a birth year of 1953. He currently resides in the Gulf state of his original nationality, while his Kuwaiti file lists 13 sons and daughters.

Further investigation revealed that his eldest son, born in 1950, prompted the falsification of the father’s Kuwaiti age to enable his registration, despite the minimal age difference.

Most other children were added after the liberation of Kuwait, based on a court ruling. DNA testing later confirmed that the son born in 1950 is genetically linked to another individual whose Kuwaiti nationality had already been revoked, establishing that they are brothers in the Gulf but registered under different fictitious fathers in Kuwait.

Investigations also showed that five verified brothers denied any relation to the individual registered as born in Kuwait in 1935. DNA tests confirmed their statement. The file includes 179 dependents, including children and grandchildren, with one branch alone accounting for 118 dependents.

Sources described the case as a clear example of “forgery within forgery,” with successive layers uncovered as investigations progressed.

In a related development, sources revealed another citizenship file belonging to a Gulf national with 31 sons and daughters and a total of 95 dependents.

Reviews showed that the individual and all his children hold Gulf nationality, under a name entirely different from the Kuwaiti one. Gulf documents confirmed that his foreign citizenship predates the acquisition of Kuwaiti nationality, proving that false information was used. DNA comparisons further established that he has no biological link to four alleged brothers registered under the Kuwaiti name.