reference of permit	14	17-18-19	20	22	23-24	Total permits
type/ purpose	Temporary	Labour	Domestic help	Dependant	Other permits
of permit
2001	51,962	46,739	45,482	9,130	1,654	154,967
2002	83,019	53,580	37,850	9,108	1,448	185,005
2003	79,346	101,465	35,692	10,881	700	228,084
2004	190,301	128,584	106,599	13,582	512	439,578
2005	229,338	162,216	115,128	15,878	540	523,100
2006	194,504	163,559	118,343	14,167	430	491,003
2007	103,754	94,473	112,784	12,413	468	323,892
2008	65,056	89,370	92,301	12,588	215	259,530
2009	68,101	95,918	78,480	9,906	107	252,512
2010	99,533	129,640	82,170	8,451	199	319,993
2011	73,261	64,771	62,502	6,886	147	207,567
2012	68,392	57,431	45,200	7,512	103	178,638
2013	54,422	43,819	26,112	12,437	63	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 (MoI) and Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), Ministry of Planning.

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: Sept.3rd, 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.
c- 2001-2010′ data is also available in the “Annual Bulletins of Social Statistics”, given years (data is not disagregated by nationality group or by citizenship of permit holder), available for download in PDF format of Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) website.
http://www.csb.gov.kw/Socan_Statistic_EN.aspx?ID=38
d- 2010-2013′ data is available in the report “Migration Statistics 2013”, published by the CSB.
The report (in Arabic, PDF format with Excel tables) is available on CSB’s website (Population Statistics, then Migration Statistics)
http://www.csb.gov.kw/Socan_Statistic.aspx?ID=56

Date of access: May 2015.

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