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In recent decades, Kuwait has enacted certain measures to regulate the issuance of new visas for foreign labor. For instance, workers from Georgia and Morocco are subject to heightened security when applying for entry visas, and an outright ban was imposed on the entry of domestic workers from Guinea-Bissau and Vietnam. [7]
Kuwait, [21] Lebanon, [22] Libya, [23] and Yemen [24] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
These restrictions differ from travel visa requirements, which require travelers to obtain permission to enter a country in advance of their travel. With few exceptions, citizens of the states in this list are prohibited from entering the corresponding listed states.
Visa requirements for Kuwaiti citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Kuwait.As of january 2025, Kuwaiti citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 101 countries and territories, ranking the Kuwaiti passport 50th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Kuwait Total February 12, 2018 – May 12, 2018: Due to the 2018 Kuwait–Philippine diplomatic crisis the Philippines banned the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait in February 2018. [8] Deployment of "skilled" and "semi-skilled" were allowed on May 12 [9] and the ban was completely lifted on May 16. [10] Partial May 12, 2018 – May 16 ...
KUWAIT CITY (Reuters) - Kuwait's highest court on Sunday sentenced former defence and interior minister Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah al-Sabah to seven years in prison for mishandling military funds.
Subsequent to the court’s decision, Al Khalid was released on a bail of 2,000 Kuwaiti Dinars and was subject to a travel ban pending the outcome of the trial. [ 9 ] On 14 January 2025, Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah was convicted by the Ministerial Court for embezzlement and money laundering involving the “secret expenses” budgets of the ...
Lebanon, once thought of as among the most liberal parts of the Middle East, is poised to ban global hit movie “Barbie.” More conservative Kuwait said Wednesday that it had gone ahead with a ...