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Kuwait&#8217;s Interior Ministry had made this exemption for expatriates during the Covid pandemic as expatriate arrivals into Kuwait were suspended for fear of spread of the virus<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kuwait has slowly returned back to normalcy with all government and private sector offices functioning to pre-pandemic levels. The government recently cancelled all online work without exceptions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residency of expatriates who stay outside Kuwait for more than six months won\u2019t be canceled, except for domestic workers Director of Media Relations and Security at the Ministry of Interior Brig Gen Tawheed Al-Kandari was quoted by local press. This decision to continue with the exemption will be valid until further announcement. 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