Apply for First Time Declaration of Intent to Become a Kuwaiti Citizen

This service is provided by Ministry Of Interior
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Service Description

  • This service allows non-Kuwaiti and foreign wives to declare their intent to become Kuwaiti citizens for the first time.

Eligibility or Criteria

  • For illegal resident applicants, husband and wife must attend the procedures
  • Widows or divorcees must attend the procedures

Required Documents

  • Copy of the husband's nationality certificate
  • Passport of the husband
  • Civil ID of the husband
  • For applicants from any nationality:
  • Original passport
  • Copy of passport
  • Civil ID of the wife
  • Recent personal photos (4 × 6 cm) with blue background
  • For applicants from illegal residents:
  • Reference card
  • Birth certificate or age report
  • Copy of the marriage contract
  • Marriage continuity letter from the Ministry of Justice (Riggai or Jahra or Sabahiya)
  • Husband and wife must attend the procedures
  • Birth certificate of the wife, if born in Kuwait
  • Letter of addition from the husband
  • Letter of renouncement from the wife
  • For widows:
  • Death certificate of the husband
  • Determination of heirs
  • Birth certificate of all the children
  • Civil ID
  • Certificate of no marriage from the Ministry of Justice
  • Declaration of no marriage
  • For divorcees:
  • Divorce certificate
  • Birth certificate of all the children
  • Civil ID
  • Certificate of no marriage from the Ministry of Justice
  • Declaration of no marriage
  • In case the applicant applies for the Kuwaiti nationality after the lapse of the specified period:
  • Declaration of intent receipt
  • Letter of exemption from the specified period
  • Four (4) personal photos with blue background
  • Medical report from a governmental hospital in Arabic, in case of no children

Procedures

Visit the General Department of Citizenship and Travel Documents in the governorate you refer to and submit the required documents
Fill the service application form
Pay the fees due

Fees

0 KD Variable fees
1 KD Fixed Fees
 

Downloadable Forms

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