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Expats residency law needs some changes Illegal residents classified into 3 groups
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 31: As per report submitted by the Illegal Residents Affairs Committee, which has been formed by the Higher Planning Council chaired by former MP Saleh Al-Fadhalah, illegal residents have been classified into three groups, and the first group includes those violating the country’s laws, reports Alam Al-Yawm daily.
The daily quoted reliable sources as saying the first group entails six categories, arranged at the level of their priorities. The second group involves those who could be considered for naturalization, and the third group consists of those without any security restrictions against them.
Sources clarified the second class of the first group have Kuwaiti relations, with their fathers, grandfathers, sons, brothers or even uncles being original Kuwaitis or by naturalization, as well as the children of martyrs killed in the wars. Also, it has the children of Kuwaiti widows, in accordance with the Citizenship Law, plus the children of Kuwaiti women who got divorced about ten years ago.
Meanwhile, the third class includes the children of martyrs who were taken into captivity, in addition to the children of martyrs who died in the course of duty, and the children and grandchildren of original Kuwaitis.
The fourth class contains those who have relations, including their sons, brothers or uncles naturalized as Kuwaitis, and they were present in the country before 1965.
The fifth class involves those who have their files at the Citizenship and Passport Department and they were included in the 1965 census or prior to that date. This class comprises of military men and others holding academic qualifications, which they obtained in Kuwait. Also, the sixth class incorporates those registered in the 1965 census, and they have no security restrictions against them.
In the meantime, the report requested necessary modification to some laws, among them law enabling expatriates obtain legal residency through specified channels other than passports, calling for a law that bans naturalization of individuals without passports.