Kuwait Emiri Decree No. 17/1959 Promulgating Foreigners' Residency
Amended by
Kuwait Law No. 1/1963 dated 02/01/1963
Kuwait Law No. 26/1965 dated 01/07/1965
Kuwait Law No. 17/1968 dated 04/05/1968
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 117/1977 dated 16/07/1977
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 41/1987 dated 27/07/1987
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 7/1988 dated 22/02/1988
Kuwait Law No. 50/1993 dated 27/09/1993
Kuwait Law No. 6/2011 dated 06/02/2011
Kuwait Law No. 41/2014 dated 05/06/2014
We, Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait,
Based on the proposal made by the Head of Police Departments and General Security,
Have decreed the following law:
Article 1
No foreigner may enter into or exit from Kuwait unless he holds a valid passport issued by the competent authorities in his country or any other approved authority, or an equivalent document issued by one of the said authorities.
A new paragraph was added by virtue of Article 1 of Kuwait Law No. 50/1993 dated 27/09/1993.
The nationals of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries are excluded from the preceding section provision, for they only have to show their personal identification card.