"Social Security": Reinstating Benefits for Those Who Lost Citizenship

The Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment, acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, Abdulaziz Al-Marzouq, issued a decision stipulating the resumption of payments of suspended shares to eligible beneficiaries for deceased insured persons or pensioners whose Kuwaiti citizenship had been revoked, with retroactive effect from the date of suspension, provided that the deceased’s name was included in the lists prepared by the Supreme Committee for the Verification of Kuwaiti Citizenship.

The decision stipulates that the suspended shares of deceased insured persons or pensioners whose Kuwaiti citizenship was revoked shall continue to be paid to eligible beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of Article 13, paragraph 4, of the Kuwaiti Citizenship Law, retroactive from the date of suspension, provided that the name of the deceased (the source) was included in the lists prepared by the Supreme Committee for the Verification of Kuwaiti Citizenship.

The provisions of the aforementioned Social Insurance Law shall apply to beneficiaries of this decision, except for Articles 73 and 75 thereof. The marriage grant stipulated in Article 71 of the same law shall not be paid to daughters, sisters, or daughters of sons who are entitled to shares when payments are suspended due to marriage.

Furthermore, the annual increase stipulated in Law No. 25 of 2001 amending certain provisions of the Social Insurance Law and increasing pension benefits shall not apply to the shares reinstated under this decision.

The Public Institution for Social Insurance shall be responsible for implementing the provisions of this decision. This decision shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall take effect one month after its publication.