KUWAIT CITY, Oct 9: Minister of Interior Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al- Sabah directed the need to intensify security campaigns and prosecute violators of the residency law to eliminate negative phenomena and limit violations related to residency procedures. The General Department of Relations
Cairo: Around 190,000 illegal expatriates in Kuwait have no access to COVID-19 vaccines raising concerns in the country that is struggling to curtail the spread of the disease and achieve community immunity.
Earlier this month, Kuwait extended a grace period by an additional month for illegal foreign residents in the country due now to expire on May 15.
Interior Minister Thamer Al Ali decreed the extension on humanitarian and health grounds, security sources said.
“This came due to repercussions of the coronavirus crisis and the airport shutdowns in many countries. It also offers the chance for modifying the illegal status to allow the foreign resident to get vaccinated against the virus,” a security source said.
COVID-19: Kuwait extends deadline for illegal expats Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent
Cairo: Kuwait has extended a grace period given to illegal expatriate residents to modify their status for yet another month, ending recent conflicting media reports about the deadline extension.
A month-long grace for illegal residents is due to expire today. Interior Minister Thamer Al Ali has issued a decree extending the grace running until the end of January, according to Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas.
The extension comes as a new chance for the illegal residents and is meant to facilitate things for them, according to the report.
Kuwait plans to resume international flights on Saturday after it suspended them and closed its land and sea borders from December 21 to January 1, 2021 to prevent the spread of a new strain of COVID-19.