Cancelled residence permits by nationality group of holder (Kuwait) (2005-2013)
Nationality group | year of cancellation | ||||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
Arabs | 152,866 | 117,840 | 52,307 | 41,310 | 54,672 | 75,189 | 43,100 | 42,501 | 38,123 |
Europeans/ Americans | 11,124 | 12,065 | 8,408 | 7,487 | 7,402 | 8,428 | 7,277 | 6,680 | 4,896 |
Asians | 357,053 | 358,879 | 260,467 | 206,823 | 184,648 | 226,242 | 147,772 | 120,621 | 87,582 |
Africans | 2,057 | 2,219 | 2,710 | 3,910 | 5,790 | 10,134 | 9,418 | 8,836 | 6,252 |
Total | 523,100 | 491,003 | 323,892 | 259,530 | 252,512 | 319,993 | 207,567 | 178,638 | 136,853 |
Source: Ministry of Interior’s records
ANNEXED NOTE
1. Definitions
The table refers to all types of residency permits, i.e. granted under articles 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24 of the immigration regulations, cancelled during the given years.
A residence visa is cancelled if the holder leaves Kuwait for a continuous period of six months, after termination of his employment period or not. The only exceptions are for those who:
· Are studying abroad
· Are receiving necessary treatment abroad, or
· Are required by virtue of their work to be abroad,
In all three cases, permission has to be obtained before leaving Kuwait.
The bidoun, a stateless population, are not included in the residency documents holders.
Residency procedures do not apply to GCC nationals.
2. Institution which provides data
Ministry of Interior
3. Period of data coverage
January 1st- December 31st, given years
4. Data availability
a- 2005-2009′ data is published in MoI’ 2009 Statistical Yearbook, in Chapter “Immigration statistics”, available online at: http://www.moi.gov.kw/portal/varabic/statistics/stats.htm
Last date of access: June 23rd, 2013.
b- 2007-2011′ data is tabulated in MoI’ 2011 Statistical Yearbook, in Chapter “Immigration statistics” (not available online). The volume may be directly obtained from MoI.
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