Kuwait: Possibility of acquiring Kuwaiti citizenship for those born in Kuwait of foreign parents

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 June 1989
Citation / Document Symbol KWT1323
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Kuwait: Possibility of acquiring Kuwaiti citizenship for those born in Kuwait of foreign parents, 1 June 1989, KWT1323, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acb364.html [accessed 17 September 2023]
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According to External Affairs, Kuwaiti citizenship is acquired by being born to Kuwaiti parents. Those born of foreign parents cannot acquire Kuwaiti citizenship.

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