The Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decreed that starting from 21 February, all departing passengers, both citizens and expats and irrespective of whether they have a return or one-way air ticket, should also have a hotel booking for a seven-day institutional quarantine on their return.
Passengers may be unsure of the exact return date, or it could be up to five months later, but a hotel booking for quarantine is mandatory. The booking can be changed at a later date to correspond with the return date. This rule is not applicable for expats who have cancelled their residency in Kuwait before their final departure from the country for good.
The spokesperson for DGCA, Saad Al-Otaibi, said that no citizen or expat can depart from the country except after booking and selecting the institutional quarantine hotel online and paying the costs in full. He added, “the money is not refundable. The traveler will have to pay the costs before travel for the institutional quarantine period set for 7 continuous days.”
With regards to arrivals to the country for the first time, Al-Otaibi reiterated: “First-time arrivals must book a hotel through the Kuwait Mosafer app before they reach the country for the institutional quarantine period.”
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