Kuwait: Law No. 11 of 1962 regarding Passports
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Kuwait: Law No. 11 of 1962 regarding Passports |
Date of adoption
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1962
Last amended by: Law No. 105 of 1994
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Entry into force
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In effect |
Text versions | Arabic
Source: – Legal Information Network of the Gulf Cooperation Council, accessed: 9 May 2013
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Abstract
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Art. 14 of this law allows for including the wife and children of a Kuwaiti national in his passport.
Art. 15 prohibits issuing an independent passport to the wife of a Kuwaiti national without her husband’s consent. Constitutional Court Verdict No. 256 of 2008 pronounced this article unconstitutional.[1]
Art. 17 allows for issuing non-Kuwaitis working for the government a Kuwaiti passport in order to enable them carry out their duties abroad if needed.
A non-Kuwaiti woman married to a Kuwaiti national may be issued a passport upon her husband’s request if they have been married for five years and she has not been convicted of an honor-related or security-related crime. The Minister of Interior is to determine the conditions for receiving the passport.
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