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	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Section (14) Temporary residence	3,460	4,260	9,027	8,408	9,912	22,506	6,462	8,993
Section (17) Employment government sector	98	124	119	94	131	96	244	117
Section (18) Employment private sector	4,284	4,803	6,715	6,216	7,678	5,880	11,121	6,579
Section (19) Freelancing	1	2	1	6	4	1	9	3
Section (20) Employment domestic sector	15,046	11,932	13,333	12,308	16,357	12,632	20,585	9,480
Section (22) Family reunion	2,178	1,581	2,410	2,242	2,200	1,099	3,497	2,410
Section (23) Studying	1	2	3	0	1	0	68	4
Section (24) Self-sponsorship	38	34	34	36	51	20	64	104
Total	25,106	22,738	31,642	29,310	36,334	42,234	42,050	27,690

Source: Central Statistical Bureau, Migration Statistics Bulletin, given years.

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Definitions

 

These are flow data.

The figures refer to foreign residents living in Kuwait at the end of the reference year, who became contravenors to the law on residency during the year.

 

CSB reprocessed data from Ministry of Interior’s (Directorate of Migration’s) annual records of residency permits granted to foreign residents by type/ purpose of permit, sex and regional origin of holder.

The present figures include permits delivered for all purposes of stay in Kuwait:

1- Labour in all sectors: governmental (n°17); private sector (n°18); business (n°19) and domestic (n°20) sectors

2- Residence: temporary residence (n°14); as family dependent (permit n°22); for the purpose of studying (n°23) and for self-sponsorship (n°24).

 

Residency procedures do not apply to GCC nationals and to Bidouns (stateless residents of Kuwait).

The table thus excludes the Bidouns, the non-Kuwaiti GCC citizens and those in irregular situation.

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Migration Department, Ministry of Interior (MoI) and Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), Ministry of Planning.

 

3. Period of data coverage

 

December 31st, given years.

 

4. Data availability

 

The present data is taken from the “Migration Statistics” reports, published annually by the CSB.

 

The report (in Arabic and English, PDF format with Excel tables) is available on CSB’s website (Population Statistics, then Migration Statistics)

https://www.csb.gov.kw/Pages/Statistics_en?ID=56&ParentCatID=1

https://www.csb.gov.kw/Pages/Statistics?ID=56&ParentCatID=1

 

Date of access: May 2023

 

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

 

Keywords: Kuwait, Irregular Migration, Legal Document, Residence Conditions

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