reference of permit	14			17-18-19			20			22			23-24			Total permits
type/ purpose	Temporary			Labour			Domestic help			Dependant			Other permits
of permit
year	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total
2001	32,881	19,081	51,962	42,925	3,814	46,739	10,401	35,081	45,482	3,142	5,988	9,130	1,558	96	1,654	90,907	64,060	154,967
2002	49,559	33,460	83,019	49,260	4,320	53,580	9,374	28,476	37,850	3,327	5,781	9,108	1,389	59	1,448	112,909	72,096	185,005
2003	55,055	24,291	79,346	93,589	7,876	101,465	10,827	24,865	35,692	4,101	6,780	10,881	623	77	700	164,195	63,889	228,084
2004	141,923	48,378	190,301	117,924	10,660	128,584	35,147	71,452	106,599	5,429	8,153	13,582	280	232	512	300,703	138,875	439,578
2005	183,631	45,707	229,338	150,667	11,549	162,216	43,231	71,897	115,128	6,660	9,218	15,878	340	200	540	384,529	138,571	523,100
2006	157,878	36,626	194,504	152,617	10,942	163,559	43,899	74,444	118,343	5,489	8,678	14,167	300	130	430	360,183	130,820	491,003
2007	22,709	81,045	103,754	7,870	86,603	94,473	75,088	37,696	112,784	7,875	4,538	12,413	123	345	468	113,665	210,227	323,892
2008	48,490	16,566	65,056	82,803	6,567	89,370	28,088	64,213	92,301	4,291	8,297	12,588	168	47	215	163,840	95,690	259,530
2009	54,941	13,160	68,101	89,180	6,738	95,918	21,453	57,027	78,480	3,674	6,232	9,906	72	35	107	169,320	83,192	252,512
2010	81,999	17,534	99,533	119,478	10,162	129,640	20,378	61,792	82,170	2,974	5,477	8,451	146	53	199	224,975	95,018	319,993
2011	61,269	11,992	73,261	59,483	5,288	64,771	15,643	46,859	62,502	2,393	4,493	6,886	91	56	147	138,879	68,688	207,567
2012	59,906	8,486	68,392	52,453	4,978	57,431	12,456	32,744	45,200	2,638	4,874	7,512	68	35	103	127,521	51,117	178,638
2013	47,665	6,757	54,422	39,895	3,924	43,819	8,068	18,044	26,112	4,323	8,114	12,437	36	27	63	99,987	36,866	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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