Kuwait: Amiri Decree No. 17 of 1959 issuing the Aliens Residence Law

 Title

 

Kuwait: Amiri Decree No. 17 of 1959 issuing the Aliens Residence Law

 

 Date of adoption

 

1959

Last amended by: Law No. 6 of 2011

 

 Entry into force

 

In effect
 Text versions  Arabic

 

Source:

 

Legal Information Network of the Gulf Cooperation Council, accessed: 9 May 2013

 

 

Abstract

 

Art. 12 Repeated prohibits providing residence to or employing a foreign national whose residence in Kuwait is illegal. It also prohibits employing a foreign national sponsored by another employer for the duration of his contract.