Kuwait: Foreign residents who became contravenors to the law on residency a given year, by type/purpose of residency permit (2015-2022)

  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.

 

  1. Institution which provides data

 

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

 

  1. Period of data coverage

 

December 31st, given years.

 

  1. 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