Many illegal expatriates are entering Kuwait to find a safe refuge. Crime rate is consistently increasing because of these illegal expatriates doing illegal business in Kuwait.

Try to read Arab Times – Kuwait, and most of the news are related to crimes; crimes that are perpetrated in most cases by Egyptians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis including Kuwaitis. But this does not mean that other nationalities are not doing illegal businesses in Kuwait.

Because of the increasing crime rate, the Immigration Department at the Ministry of Interior will not grant any expatriate a residency unless they show an official letter from security authorities stating that they have no criminal record. The letter should be authenticated by the home country as well as the Kuwait Embassy in that country.

This process will start this August 2009. This will be applicable to men, women, company residencies and dependent visas.

Is it going to prevent criminals or wanted persons from entering Kuwait? How safe is Kuwait for Expatriates?

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