MoI resumes expats' family reunions under new rules

KUWAIT, Jan 25 (KUNA) -- The Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced Thursday the resumption of handling expatriates' requests for family reunions as of this Sunday at all departments of residency affairs across the country under new terms and standards.
This decision was made upon the directives of Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Acting Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah, the Ministry's department of security relations and media in a statement.
The requests will be accepted based on the ministerial decree No. 56 of 2024, which sets new rules for issuing entry permits for family reunions, it noted.
Among these terms are the salary of those submit requests is at least KD 800, and he/she should have a university certificate and work in a field matching his/ her specialty, it stated. (end) hmd.tab.hm