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Tourist Visa Policy for Kuwait


Holders of an eVisa-eligible country passport, the list below, will be able to travel to and enter Kuwait for a maximum stay of 90 days for tourism, whether they arrive by air, land, or sea. 

Tourists planning to travel to Kuwait who are not from an eVisa-eligible country, the list below, are required to apply for an embassy visa before departure.



The following nationalities are allowed to use the e-Visa system:

ANDORRA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA

BELGIUM BHUTAN BRUNEI BULGARIA

CAMBODIA CANADA CROATIA CYPRUS CZECH

DENMARK

ESTONIA

FINLAND FRANCE

GEORGIA GERMANY GREECE

HUNGARY

ICELAND IRELAND ITALY

JAPAN

LAOS LATVIA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG

MALAYSIA MALTA MONACO

NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NORWAY

POLAND PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

SAN MARINO SERBIA SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH KOREA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND

The People's Republic of China - HONGKONG

TURKEY

UKRAINE UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES

VATICAN


 For GCC residents


   GCC residents can apply for e-Visa if they have residency in one of the GCC countries (Saudi Arabia-Bahrain-Qatar-United Arab Emirates-Oman)

  • The validity of the GCC residency must exceed six months when applying for e-Visa.
  • A copy of the Sponsor's GCC residency should be sent along with each e-Visa application for all of the dependents i.e: ( spouse, children, domestic labor etc).
  • The main applicant (Sponsor) should be present with the dependents upon arrival to Kuwait.
  • The applicant's profession according to the GCC residency should be one of the following: -
  • Consultants
  • Doctors
  • Engineers
  • Lawyers
  • Judges&Members of Public Prosecution
  • University Teachers
  • Press&Media Staff
  • Pilots
  • System Analysts & Computer Programmers
  • Managers
  • Businessmen
  • Diplomatic Corps
  • University Graduates – Owners,
  • Managers and Representatives of Commercial Companies and Establishments
  1. A fee of 3 KD (fees vary according to nationality) may apply after the visa is issued, and must be paid by a credit card.
  2. The validity of the passport must exceed six months when applying for e-Visa.
  3. Temporary Travel Documents holders in all its kinds are not permitted to use this system.
  4. The applicant must not have any security restrictions that prevent him from entering or exiting the country.
  5. In case of any differences between information provided in the application form and the original documents, the granted e-Visa will be considered invalid and its holder will not be allowed to enter the country.
  6. A tourist visa is valid to enter Kuwait State within a month from its issuance for a single entry.
  7. A tourist visa allows its holder a temporary stay for a maximum of 3 months starting from the entry date, therefore he must leave the country before its expiration. The tourist visa holder is not allowed to work in the country and in case he/she is caught they will be subjected to the legal accountability.
  8. A visitor who overstays the permitted period will be fined and subjected to legal accountability that may extend to disqualifying him from issuing visa in the future.
  9. The submitted applications will be responded to during working days within official working hours. This does not include weekends in Kuwait (Friday and Saturday) and public holidays.
  10. We will exert much efforts to respond to your applications within two working days.
  11. You will be informed via your email once your tourist e-Visa application has been approved or declined.


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