🇰🇼Kuwait immigration routes

Every route we track for Kuwait, with the official source behind each one.

7

routes tracked

0

need no employer sponsor

0

map to permanent residence

Routes

• Article 17 Government Work Residency

  For people employed by a Kuwaiti government or public-sector body.

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• Article 18 Work Residency (private-sector Iqama)

  For people taking a private-sector job in Kuwait.

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• Article 22 Family / Dependent Residency

  For the spouse and children of someone already resident in Kuwait.

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• Direct Investment Licence under Law No. 116 of 2013

  Kuwait's Law No.

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• Investor Residency (long-term, up to ~15 years)

  For foreign investors licensed under Kuwait's foreign-investment law, who can be granted a long-term residency of up to around 15 years.

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• Property-Owner Residency (long-term, up to ~10 years)

  For foreign nationals who own qualifying real estate in Kuwait, who can be granted residency of up to around 10 years.

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• Student Residency

  For foreign students enrolled at a recognised educational institution in Kuwait.

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