- 450 names under review as Kuwait moves to revoke citizenship in forgery and dual nationality cases
- Decades-old forgery networks exposed in major cleanup of Kuwaiti citizenship files
- Organized fraud, fake lineages: Kuwait intensifies crackdown on citizenship tampering
The Supreme Committee for Kuwaiti Citizenship Investigation continues its intensive review of citizenship files, deciding to withdraw and revoke Kuwaiti nationality in a number of cases in preparation for submitting them to the Council of Ministers.
The committee, chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahd Al-Yousef, approved decisions involving the loss of citizenship due to dual nationality, as well as the withdrawal of citizenship certificates in cases of fraud, forgery and false statements.
Informed sources told Al-Rai that the files presented at the committee’s latest meeting include around 450 names of individuals and their dependents involved in forgery and dual nationality violations.
The sources confirmed that the competent authorities are continuing a comprehensive review of all files previously flagged for irregularities or suspicions, including cases involving fictitious renunciation of Kuwaiti citizenship.
As part of ongoing efforts to protect national identity, the Nationality Investigation Department has uncovered highly complex forgery cases spanning more than five decades, involving individuals who registered hundreds of dependents under falsified identities.
The cases revealed unprecedented levels of manipulation, including forged lineages, dual identities, fictitious registrations, impersonation and name changes. Authorities stressed that the review process is not routine, but a necessary step to safeguard the present and future of Kuwaiti national identity and to close files that have remained unresolved for decades.
Among the cases reviewed was the discovery of an organized forgery network involving three Gulf brothers, each of whom assumed a different Kuwaiti identity over a period exceeding 50 years, resulting in the illegal registration of 264 individuals.
Another case involved three Gulf brothers whose fraud was exposed after one of their sisters impersonated her brother’s wife to register her children from her Gulf husband.
In a separate case, a Syrian man who had assumed Kuwaiti citizenship since 1985 was uncovered after his Syrian daughter sought official proof of lineage from Beirut, leading to the exposure of the long-running forgery.
Sources stressed that these cases highlight the pivotal role of the comprehensive review conducted by the Nationality Investigation Department, as well as the close coordination among all relevant authorities, under the direct guidance of Sheikh Fahd Al-Yousef.
The efforts form part of a broader strategy to cleanse the nationality records of any irregularities and uphold the integrity of Kuwaiti citizenship.
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