Kuwait Visit Visa Details, Document Required, Fees, Validity, Extention Fine

Before travelling to Kuwait, a visitor can have his visa processed and passport stamped to a Kuwait embassy. It takes approximately 2 working days to obtain a visit visa.  Hotels can arrange visit visas for business and it takes around 7 days. Kuwait visit visa must be sponsored by a Kuwait company or by a relative that is a resident foreigner staying in the country. A Kuwait sponsor can use a faxed copy of the visitor’s passport to obtain the visit visa in Kuwait.  The visa copy can be faxed to the visitor to enable him to travel to Kuwait.  They can then meet at the airport with the original visa upon entering the country.  There is a special counter in the arrival hall where the sponsor can deposit the visa papers.  The visitor must pick up his original documents at a similar special counter inside the immigration area.  The original documents are required to complete entry formalities.

List of Document Provide by MOI (Ministry of Interiors) Kuwait

 

• Visa Application Form
• Replacing a Passport Form
• Registration Form for First Time Declaration to Become a Kuwaiti Citizen
• Replacement of Lost National Certificate Form
• Renewing Residence Form
• Renewing Passport for the First Time
• Residence Transfer Form
• Residence Application Form
• House Owner’s Declaration Form
• Place of Residence Declaration Form
• Declaration of Picture Authenticity Form
• Form for Investigation Report on Lost ID Card
• Amendment Application Form

Kuwait Visit Visa Validity

Kuwait visit visas (and also entry permits) are valid for entry within 90 days of issue.  Visitors can stay in Kuwait up to 30 days after entry.

Addresses In Kuwait

Upon his entrance, a visitor has to fill an entry from at the airport in which he specifies his staying location during his visit. Hotel managers have to keep the ministry of interior informed about the check-ins and check-outs of foreign visitors. The immigration department has to be informed whenever a visitor decides to change his address within 48 hours.

Employment On visit Visa

Visitors who entered Kuwait on a visit visa are not allowed to work. In order to do that they have to obtain a residence visa and a work permit.

Kuwait Visit Visa costs

Kuwait visit visa costs KD3.00  Entry permits are free.
If you are holding a Kuwait visit Visa.you an only stay up to a maximum of 30 days in the country.  If you extend your stay, you will have to pay KD10.00 per day.If your Kuwait visit visa is expired, you will not be allowed to leave the country until you pay the total fine.

Kuwait Visit Visa for Relatives

Immediate family members and other relatives who reside in other country can visit family members currently living in Kuwait.  No eligibility or criteria is required.  As long as you have a proof of relationship, you can definitely come and visit.

The required documents for a family visit visa are:

• Proof of relationship or kinship
• Copy of the visitor’s valid passport
• Copy of the civil ID of the sponsor (or the family who resides in Kuwait)
• Recent salary certificate for foreign sponsor

The procedures for obtaining a family visit visa:

1. Go to the Kuwait Embassy in your country and submit the required documents for a family visit visa listed above.
2. Fill the service application form (Visa Application Form).   Pay the fees due. Family visit visa application costs a flat fee of 3KD.

• At least KD450.00 per month if the sponsor works for the government
• At least KD650.00 per month if the sponsor works in the private sector

Multiple Entry Visit Visa

People who obtain a multiple entry visit visa are able to enter kuwait as many times as they want during a year period. This type of visit visa is most handy for business sponsored foreigners, the sponsor have to be the ministry of defense though.
Unlike other westerners, Americans are able to obtain multiple entry visit visas that have a validity of 10 years and unlimited number of entries.

 

Kuwait Visit Visa for Business

• Kuwait sponsor or company
• Kuwait visit visa application and security form filled out by the sponsor
• A copy of the visitor’s passport
• A copy of the sponsor’s signature as registered for business purposes
• A copy of the sponsor’s letter of invitation to the business, stating the purpose of the visit.

Immediate family members and other relatives who reside in other country can visit family members currently living in Kuwait.  No eligibility or criteria is required.  As long as you have a proof of relationship, you can definitely come and visit.

Vaccination

In most cases, vaccination certificates are not necessary to be granted entrance to the Kuwaiti grounds, but they become mandatory if the visitor comes from an area that’s infected by a viral disease such yellow fever or cholera.

Kuwait Visit Visa Extension Fines

Fines must be paid in the immigration department in Shuwaikh.  The office is open during government working hours.  Fines are not paid at the airport.  You can pay fines in advance if you anticipate your stay extension.

Where to Submit Application for Extension

An expatriate may apply for a two one-month extension of a Kuwait visit visa or temporary residence.  The applications are submitted to the Immigration Department before the expiration of the Kuwait visit visa.

Other Kuwait Visit Visa Extension Solutions

Another solution for extending Kuwait visit visa is to obtain a second visit visa in the country, schedule a day-long travel to Bahrain.  You can leave Kuwait in the morning, and return in the evening.  The length of flight from Kuwait to Bahrain is 40-minutes by plane.  This costs KD45.00.