(With photos) KUWAIT, Nov 5 (KUNA) -- The number of illegal residents whose nationality statuses have been verified reached 5,268 at the end of October, since the establishment of the state body in charge of illegal resident affairs, it said on Tuesday.
About 3,929 illegal residents' statuses were verified to Saudi nationals, 608 others to Syrians, 433 to Iraqi, 45 to Jordanian, 40 to Iranian and 213 to other nationalities, head of the state body Col Mohammad Al-Wuhaib told KUNA.
Their nationalities were verified according to the validity of their passports followed by the authentication of the documents submitted, he said, noting that the adjustment mechanism is implemented in cooperation with the immigration investigation department at the Interior Ministry and the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI).
He called on those intending to declare their status to visit the center at the immigration department in Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate.
Al-Wuhaib added that some of the benifits offered by the state body include a five-year stay in the country for the entire family of the illegal resident, free education, healthcare, subsidized food, priority of employment in the government sector and other privileges and exemptions. (end) maa.ysa.ba KUNA 051312 Nov 13NNNN