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Illegal residents' agency issues 9,521 documents in 2017 - statement

KUWAIT, Feb 17 (KUNA) -- The central agency addressing the status of illegal residents announced Saturday that it had issued 9,521 governmental and non-governmental transactions and documents for illegal residents in 2017.
Director General of Information Department in the agency Abdullah Al-Farhan said in remarks to KUNA that 14,397 of illegal residents benefited from the process.
A sum of 4,468 of transactions were addressed to the Ministry of Health while 625 health insurance papers were issued since January 1 until the end of December in 2017, he added.
The agency sent 2,356 papers to the Sharia documentation department at the Ministry of Justice and 111 documents were sent to the Ministry of Interior, he said.
A total of 94 papers were delivered to the Ministry of Defense and 575 transactions to other bodies, he said.
The agency approved 745 cases in the Civil Service (CSC) Commission database after studying their cases as they offered the needed documentations for their registration, he said.
Al-Farhan called on the newly graduates of holders of diplomats and higher certificates of whom are eligible to the conditions of employment in the governmental bodies to update their information. (end) ysa.lb