HH First Diputy Premier, Minister
of Defense and Acting Minister of Interior Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad
Al-Sabah has issued a ministrial decision amending the ministrial decision number 1228
of the year 2008 concerning the permission of the foreign resident of GCC
countries to enter the country with tourist visa, granted upon arrival of any post of
enteries. It stated in its first article (Subtituting with the statement of
Article “1” of the ministrial decision number 1228/2008 which is pointed to the
following statement: Without preaching the Amiri provisions decree number
17/1959 and the ministrial decision number 640/1987 pointed at them, the foreign
resident of GCC countries, who has a valid residency no less than six months, is
permitted to enter the country with a tourist visa, granted directly on the
entery post for the group listed in the table annexed with this
decision).
Also the Second Article stated (Banned from
entering the country bearer of all travel documentes and bypass permits of all
kinds).
GCC resident
profissions who are permitted to enter on arrival for a tourist
visa:
1. Doctors and
Pharmacists.
2.
Lawyers.
3.
Engineers.
4.
Consultants.
5. Judges and presecute
members.
6. Academic
professors.
7. Media
press.
8.
Pilots.
9. System Analysts and Computer
Programmers.
10.
Directors.
11. Business
men.
12. Deplomatic staff
members.
13. Company’s and Commercial Interprise’s
owners, directors and delicates.
14. University
graduates.
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