Source: Kuwait Times, 5 July 2018

The Nationality and Travel Documents Department of Kuwait’s Interior Ministry has advised Kuwaiti nationals must hold e-passports before leaving the GCC. The advice followed a meeting of GCC Interior Ministers, where fellow interior Ministers were also advised the change came into effect on 30 June 2018. Kuwaiti nationals can currently travel freely with their civil IDs.

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