Embassies
Chinese Embassy notice:
Documents issued in Kuwait and to be used in China mainland shall first be notarized and legalised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kuwait, and then be legalised by Chinese Embassy in Kuwait. Specific requirements and information for document legalisation, please refer to the website of Chinese Embassy in Kuwait.
For documents issued by member countries of the Apostille Convention*, after getting Apostilles from the competent authorities, they can be used in Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR of China directly.
*Refer to the Convention of Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents
Chinese Embassy notice:
Please be noted that effective starting today, the photo used in a Chinese visa application must meet the requirements (For details, please visit the website of Chinese embassy http :// kw. chinese embassy. org/eng/). Application with non-compliant photos will not be processed.
Thank you for your attention and cooperation.
Indian Embassy notice:
India has further liberalized grant of visas to nationals of USA,
Canada and Japan. Fee structure is as below:
1. Visa fee for USA nationals:
(a) Tourist visa: Multiple Entry of ten years duration —KD 36; (b) Business visa: Multiple Entry of one year duration — KD 51; (c) Business visa: Multiple Entry of ten years duration —KD 76.
2. Visa fee for Canadian and Japanese nationals:
(a) Tourist visa: Multiple Entry of six months duration — KD 14; (b) Tourist visa: Multiple Entry of one year duration — KD 22; (c) Tourist visa: Multiple Entry of ten years duration — KD 42; (d) Business visa: Multiple Entry of one year duration — KD 39; (e) Business visa: Multiple Entry of ten years duration — KD 64
3. Visa fee for Kuwaiti nationals:
(a) Tourist visa: Multiple Entry of six months duration— KD 14; (b) Business visa: Multiple Entry of One year duration — KD 39; (c) Business visa: Multiple Entry of Five years duration — KD 64.
All applicants may visit Passport and Visa Centres of CKGS at (a) 17 Floor, Behbehani Building, Sharq, Kuwait : Tel. No. 22440392 (e-mail: indiavisa.kuwait@ckgs.com) or ; (b) Complex Kais Alghanim, 4 Floor, Mecca Street, in front of Annod Complex, Fahaheel, Kuwait: Tel. No. 22909229 (e-mail: indiavisa. kuwait@ckgs.com). (c) Jleeb Al Shuyoukh (Abbasiya) 2nd Floor, Jleeb Al Shuyoukh Block 1, Street 1, Xcite Building, Kuwait Tel. No. 24342428) (e-mail: indiavisa.kuwait@ ckgs.com). CKGS’s website is http://www. kw.ckgs.in.
In emergency cases, Indian Embassy accepts visa applications directly at its Visa Wing from applicants.
Indian Embassy notice:
All Indian nationals in Kuwait holding hand written passports are advised once again to apply for urgent re-issuance of new passports, in lieu of handwritten passports, under the following circumstances:
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) had set a deadline of Nov 24, 2015 for globally phasing out of all nonMachine Readable Passports. From Nov 25, 2015 onwards, foreign Governments may deny Visa or entry to any person travelling on a nonMachine Readable Passport.
The Government of India has been issuing Machine Readable Passports since 2001. The Passports, however, issued before 2001 and particularly those issued during mid 1990s with a validity of 20 years will fall in the category of non-MRPs. All handwritten passports with pasted photographs are also considered non-MRPs.
Indians living in Kuwait holding handwritten passports as explained in Para (b) above, are advised to apply urgently for re-issue of their passports well before the deadline in order to avoid any inconvenience in obtaining valid visa for international travel.
For more details related to passport services, visit the website – http://www. indembkwt.org/Pages/Passport.aspx – or call Tribhuvan Kumar, Assistant Consular Officer at Tel:. 22530600, Extn-261 or Shri. K.K. Pahel, First Secretary (Consular) on Mob: 97229948.
Brazilian Embassy notice:
A Embaixada do Brasil solicita a brasileiros/as que efetuem e/ou atualizem sua matrícula consular. (formulário na página: http://kuaite.itamaraty.gov.br).
The Embassy of Brazil requests Brazilian citizens to register or to update their consular registration (form http://kuaite.itamaraty.gov. br).