Kuwait Emiri Decree No. 15/1959 On Kuwait Nationality Law
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Amended by virtue of:
Kuwait Law No. 21/1965 dated 17/06/1965
Kuwait Law No. 70/1966 dated 06/07/1966
Kuwait Law No. 30/1970 dated 19/07/1970
Kuwait Law No. 41/1972 dated 10/07/1972
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 100/1980 dated 20/12/1980*[2]
Kuwait Law No. 1/1982 dated 10/01/1982
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 130/1986 dated 18/10/1986
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 40 /1987 dated 27/07/1987*[3]
Kuwait Law No. 44/1994 dated 09/07/1994
Kuwait Law No. 32/1995 dated 26/07/1995
Kuwait Law No. 11/1998 dated 25/05/1998
Kuwait Law No. 21/2000 dated 03/06/2000
Kuwait Law No. 33/2004 dated 16/06/2004
Kuwait Emiri Decree No. 116/2024 dated 17/12/2024
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 158/2025 dated 30/12/2025
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 52/2026 dated 05/04/2026*[4]
We, Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait,
Based on the proposal of the Minister of Interior,
Have decreed the following Law:-
Article 1
The text of Article 1 was replaced by virtue of Article 1 of Kuwait Decree-Law No. 52/2026 dated 05/04/2026, to read as follows:
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Original Kuwaitis shall refer to the persons who settled in Kuwait before the year 1920, and who have maintained regular residence there up to 14/12/1959. The residence of the ascendants shall be considered complementary to the residence of the descendants.
A person shall be deemed to maintain regular residence in Kuwait even if he resides in a foreign country, as long as he maintains the intention to return to Kuwait.
A person shall be considered Kuwaiti by origin if he is born in Kuwait or abroad to a Kuwaiti by origin, regardless of the degree of descent.
Article 2
The text of Article 2 was abrogated by virtue of Article 4 of Kuwait Decree-Law No. 52/2026 dated 05/04/2026.