Kuwait uncovers illegal labor support payments linked to forged nationality files
17-member family loses Kuwaiti citizenship over dual nationality violations as Kuwait expands investigations into nationality forgery and public fund abuse; targets companies linked to fraudulent labor support claims
Kuwait has intensified its campaign against nationality fraud and dual citizenship violations, as the Supreme Committee for Kuwaiti Nationality Investigation continued reviewing complex cases involving forgery, unlawful citizenship acquisition, and suspected abuse of public funds.
The committee, headed by First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahd Al-Yousef, decided to revoke the citizenship of an entire family consisting of 17 individuals after investigations confirmed they held nationality of another Gulf.
According to informed sources, the family members were found to be permanently residing in another Gulf country and reportedly visited Kuwait only for document renewals, official procedures, and collecting labor support payments.
The investigations also uncovered what authorities described as a new crime linked to forged nationality files, involving the unlawful receipt of employment support funds distributed through Kuwait’s labor system.
Sources said authorities will now expand investigations into labor support files connected to unstable or forged nationality cases, including reviewing companies where beneficiaries were registered to determine whether collusion or facilitation took place.
The Ministry of Interior and the Public Authority for Manpower have reportedly been directed to recover illegally obtained funds and take legal action against companies found to have enabled fraudulent claims or failed to verify employee status properly.
Officials warned that companies proven to have collaborated in illegally obtaining state funds could face referral to the Public Prosecution on charges related to facilitating the seizure of public money.
The committee also continued investigating one of the country’s most complex nationality forgery cases, involving inconsistencies in family registration records. Authorities discovered cases in which alleged fathers were found to be only 9 to 13 years older than children registered under their names.
Investigators revealed that one of the suspected fake sons had 11 dependents registered under the same file, while the entire family had reportedly left Kuwait in 2017 and had shown no official activity related to passports, civil IDs, or other documents since then.
Authorities also reviewed additional dual nationality cases involving individuals who had left Kuwait decades ago with foreign mothers and never renewed Kuwaiti documents, leading to the revocation of citizenship in 31 further cases.
