Over 200,000 Kuwait-based expatriates lost their residencies in one year, according to local reports on Monday.
The expats were stranded abroad and unable to return to Kuwait due to Covid-19.
At the beginning of the outbreak, the country’s government temporarily suspended a decision stating that an expat resident’s visa would be automatically canceled after six months of being outside the country, regardless of its validity.
Expats from 20 different countries were affected, the worst-hit nationalities were from Egypt, India and Sri Lanka.
