The Residency Affairs Sector has granted a grace period for expats above 60 years old with high school diplomas. It is allowed to grant an extension of up to six months for this segment until the proposed fees are approved, Local daily reported.
The Residency Affairs Sector in the Interior Ministry has no power to issue visit visas to any category like it did before the emergence of coronavirus, reports Al-Anba daily quoting a source from the security sector.
The source told the daily the Residency Affairs Committee is the only entity authorized to grant visit visas to the family members of expatriates who hold the following visas: Article 22, Article 18, and Article 17.
The source also affirmed that the ministry gave the Residency Affairs Sector the authority to grant entry visas to foreign women who are currently abroad and are married to citizens, as well as the children of Kuwaiti women married to foreigners.
The source disclosed the Residence Affairs Sector has granted Article 24 (self-sponsorship) visas to 3,800 expatriates, mostly Syrians in the last few months.