KUWAIT:Well-informed security sources said the interior ministry's field securityforces are preparing to launch intensive security campaigns in various areas totrack down, arrest and deport residency visa violators. The sources also deniedany plans to grant residency violators any grace periods this year, pointingout that the last amnesty was not fruitful as only 57,000 expats benefited fromit, which was way below the expected numbers.
The sources saidthat the total number of residency violators is 70,000, but those registered insecurity databases number more than 100,000. "Checking the registerednames, it was found that many of them have been registered for over 25 years, andmany of them had probably left the country," the sources explained.
Meanwhile, PublicAuthority for Civil Information Director Musaed Al-Assousi stressed the need todouble check the information expats submit to residency affairs departments intheir renewal forms. He urged them to examine the receipts they get from clerksand ask for immediate correction of any mistakes before they leave the counter.
Assousi addedthat an expat has three chances to check personal data prior to receiving thenew civil ID. "The first step starts by typing the renewal form correctly,the second by checking the receipt they get at residency affairs departmentsand finally when applying for civil ID renewal, where applicants are asked toapprove the validity and correctness of the data before proceeding with thetransaction," Assousi explained.
Assousi warnedthat in case the ID gets issued with incorrect data, applicants will have topay the fees once again for the correction. "Therefore, applicants need tocarefully check their names in Arabic and Latin and the passport number to makesure they match their passports," he underlined.
By A Saleh