Kuwait visa restrictions for Pakistanis

[StormShadow]

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THERE is a total ban on all types of visas for Pakistanis in Kuwait. The ban, imposed on nationals from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, includes suspending all tourism, visit and trade visas as well as visas sponsored by spouses.

It is indeed the prerogative of the Kuwaiti government to hire immigrant workers from any country. However Pakistanis already working in Kuwait must be governed by laws so as not to put them under additional emotional stress, resulting from forced separation from their families.

There have been a number of cases where families have been sent back to Pakistan after paying a hefty penalty since even after the completion of medical, fingerprinting and other formalities, residence visa was not stamped.

Scores of letters from resident Pakistanis in Kuwait appear in local newspapers on a regular basis pleading with the government of Kuwait to issue family visas and not to separate children from parents, and husbands from wives.

To all these queries newspapers respond by writing: “As this is a government decision, it is useless to approach any official. No one can do anything until the government lifts the ban.

The only thing you (Pakistanis) can do is approach your (Pakistani) embassy to ask the Pakistan government to intervene by sending a senior official to Kuwait to discuss the issue. There is no other remedy at the moment.”

Also the ban has been attributed to the ‘difficult security conditions in the five countries’ and to the tendency among nationals of the five countries to apply for visas to bring in relatives who face or could face arrest by local authorities.

We have been authors of our own misfortune.

The ethnic and sectarian bloodshed taking place in Pakistan is well reported here in the media. There was a time when Pakistanis commanded a certain amount of respect.

Prime Minister Gilani visited Kuwait about a year back but as expected nothing came out for the common man.

As they say, hope is the common man’s bread, so I can only hope that the Government of Pakistan would take up this matter with the Government of Kuwait and request it to open at least family visas on compassionate and humanitarian grounds.

Kuwait visa restrictions for Pakistanis | DAWN.COM

[somebozo]

Kuwaitis are the worst people in entire GCC and even the other local groups of GCC despise them due to their arrogance.

And for all the Pakistanis like the one who comment is copied below - who cry brotherhood let this be a slap on your face.

April 13, 2012 5:30 pm
This action is not representative of Kuwaiti people who are our blood brothers in the Ummah. It is hight time we gave an ultimatum for action to the Kuwaiti government

[kawaraj]

without merit, so to speak.

guess indonesia is better in that regards? or india?

[Patriot]

That's why we need to strengthen relations with Iran (For our energy needs so that in the long term we can build a larger economy and we will need a lot of energy resources) and develop a sustainable economy so that our people don't have to go abroad specially racist countries like Kuwait.I really hate these small poodles like Kuwait and Qatar.

[Guli Danda]

Oh where is RazPak..he needs to see how Pakistanis are being treated

[53fd]

Kuwait is quite a 'nothing' place, does not have any 'real significance' as a nation.

[Safriz]

kuwaitis kiss american arse.....and discriminate against all brown skin.

i dont know if pakistan buys kuwaiti oil or not.but put a ban on them too.

[RazPaK]

Oh where is RazPak..he needs to see how Pakistanis are being treated

Kuwaits are just like Indians in terms of serving their gora sahabs.

[Era_923]

The ban, imposed on nationals from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, includes suspending all tourism, visit and trade visas as well as visas sponsored by spouses.

The last place i want to go in my life is Kuwait.Why should we go there?

Just imagine if this Kuwait didn't have any oil,then even cats wouldn't go there.

[RazPaK]

Saddam should have just crushed Kuwait.

Also look they banned any country that might have Shia Muslims.

[Respect4Respect01]

stop blaming kuwait for god sake, its not their fault, its our government, our corrupt leaders, our country has the potential to be one of the finest country in the world, but its not because of corruption and selfishness. Now we need to stop blaming others and its time to get rid of these corrupt leader in this coming election.

Pakistan Zindabad.

[shree835]

Kuwait as a Muslim Country ...Should not have done like this with a Muslim and Atomic Power country Pakistan…When Kuwait was invaded by Iraq… Pakistani was totally against it…They burned so many tyres on the road…. And Kuwait behaves like this…This is bad.

[Patriot]

stop blaming kuwait for god sake, its not their fault, its our government, our corrupt leaders, our country has the potential to be one of the finest country in the world, but its not because of corruption and selfishness. Now we need to stop blaming others and its time to get rid of these corrupt leader in this coming election.

Pakistan Zindabad.

The Pakistani Nation needs to get rid of brotherhood mentality..

[RazPaK]

As far as I understand, Kuwait doesn't want to upset the balance between Sunnis and Shias in their country. They feel people from our countries will cause sectarian disharmony in their country.

[Desert Fox]

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They should also stop importing Pakistani ex soldiers to suppress any uprisings, not to mention they should evict all of those migrant labourers and send them back to their respective countries and instead give all of those labor jobs to their own unemployed citizens.

Kuwait as a Muslim Country ...Should not have done like this with a Muslim and Atomic Power country Pakistan…When Kuwait was invaded by Iraq… Pakistani was totally against it…They burned so many tyres on the road…. And Kuwait behaves like this…This is bad.

Its their land, their oil, their decision. BTW, at least this will serve as a wake up call to many sleeping Pakistanis who are occupied with the "brotherhood" dream.