Kuwait Travel Forum

Hello,

I was hoping if someone could offer some clarification. My dad is a U.S. resident who is planning to visit me in Kuwait for one week in January. He is filling out a re-entry permit (which i don't think he needs one since he will only be out of the US for only a week..buy anyways). Is he going to be o.k. passing through customs in Kuwait? Will they give him any problems at customs in Kuwait because of the the fact that he is US resident and not a citizen. Are there any other forms he needs to fill out? I need a response ASAP..thank you soooo much!

I am NOT an expert on the topic but the US residency or green card is not an issue. He is not a citzen of the USA. He is a citzen of another country (which you did not mention) and it will depened on the Visa requirements for those citzens. I suggest he contact a Kuwaiti Embassy or you ask @ the Kuwiti Forign Ministry to get your answer. Any opinion at VT could be potentially wrong. Why risk it.

Good luck

We recently had a very similar discussion (probably not Kuwait), and the general consensus was that it is probably the Kuwaiti rules for his country of citizenship, not his country of residence that will be the determing factor...and the comment that our advice is worth every penny you paid for it is well said - this stuff is serious and changes a lot, so contact the nearest Kuwaiti consulate or embassy (or visit the website of the Kuwaiti consulate for the country of your father's citizenship).

Bill

For a start, customs checks goods, not people. Controls on people and their documents (passports, visas) are done by passport control officials/border police/immigration, who are not interested in your father's residency but his citizenship, which you haven't mentioned. For example, I live in Belgium but am a British citizen: when checking visa etc. requirements I have to check the rules for holders of British passports, not Belgian residence permits! The fact that I can legally live and work in Belgium would be of no interest to Kuwait and the same applies to the fact that your father can live and work legally in the US, if he has a US green card. But I would assume that if he is filling in forms for a RE-entry permit for Kuwait (or is it possible you mean for the U.S.?), he must have discovered that his nationality requires an entry visa in the first place. You can check on this but as has been said, only a Kuwaiti Embassy/consulate can give accurate and up-to-date information, when in possession of the full facts concerning your father's situation: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/141/passport_visa/Middle-East/Kuwait.html
One point to make is that if he has an Israeli stamp in his passport he won't get in, visa or no visa.

Thank you all sooo much!

jzaud

just stop by the airport in Farwaneya and ask em there...you'll get the right answer from the right people....its only a five minutes drive from Kuwait city.