Article 13 of the new law strips citizenship from a naturalized Kuwaiti for adding two forged sons

- The Gulf national has been a fugitive from Kuwait since 2024, and nationality investigation officers have managed to identify his real name and actual nationality.

- The deceased file holder was registered with 12 sons and one daughter on his file, while investigations revealed that two of them were added fraudulently.

- It emerged that the names were entered into the file provisionally, in preparation for adding fraudulent identities to them in the future.

- The real children of the file holder number only six out of the 12 names registered on his file.

The Supreme Committee for Realizing Nationality has expanded its measures in one of the forgery cases, after deciding to apply the provisions of the new Nationality Law to a deceased naturalized citizen, who was proven to have added two sons to his file who were not his biological children. One of them is Syrian, whose case had previously been reviewed, and the other is a Gulf national, whose case is currently before the Committee. Nationality was revoked from him and all his dependents, based on the discretionary authority granted by the law.

In detail of the case, sources familiar with the matter told Al-Rai that the Committee had discussed last week the file of a Syrian father who had added his son to the file of a friend holding Kuwaiti nationality through naturalization. Investigations later revealed that the file holder himself did not stop at adding the Syrian son, but also added a Gulf national to his file as his son, despite the fact that he was not his son.

The sources added that the Gulf national, whose file was presented to the Committee in its last meeting, has been a fugitive from Kuwait since 2024. Meanwhile, nationality investigation officers managed to identify his real name and actual nationality, along with obtaining additional evidence that strengthened the investigation results regarding his identity.

It was reported that the nationality file holder, who is currently deceased, had 12 sons and daughters registered on his file. However, investigations showed that two of them were added fraudulently: the fugitive Gulf national and the Syrian person who is currently serving a prison sentence. It was also revealed that he registered four fictitious names that do not exist in reality.

According to the sources, there was no activity for those names in official records, as no administrative sequence, medical files, civil documents, or any official transactions were established for them. This indicated that they were entered into the file provisionally, in preparation for adding fraudulent identities to them in the future.

Thus, it became clear that the real children of the file holder number only six out of the 12 names registered on his file, while relevant authorities continue to search and investigate their relationship with the other registered children.

The Supreme Committee decided to apply the provisions of Article (13), Paragraph (6) of the new Nationality Law to the file holder, which stipulates the revocation of nationality from anyone who adds a son who is not his, with the possibility of revoking it from him and his dependents.

The Committee exercised the discretionary power granted to it under this article and decided to revoke the nationality from the file holder, despite his death, and from all his dependents, including his sons and grandchildren.

Nationality may be revoked by decree, based on the proposal of the Minister of Interior and the approval of the Supreme Committee for Realizing Kuwaiti Nationality, from a Kuwaiti who acquired nationality through naturalization in the following cases:

1. If he obtained Kuwaiti nationality through deception, forgery, or based on false statements, and nationality shall be revoked from anyone who acquired it through dependency.

2. If he is convicted by a final judgment after being granted Kuwaiti nationality for a crime involving breach of honor or trust, or for a crime against internal or external state security, or for a crime against the divine personality, the prophets, or the emir’s personality. If the judgment issued against the person in any of these crimes is in absentia and he is a fugitive outside the country, nationality may be revoked after six months have passed since his presence abroad.

4. If the supreme interests of the State or its external security so require, in which case Kuwaiti nationality may be withdrawn from any person who acquired it through affiliation.

5. If there are serious indications, in the view of the competent authorities, that he has propagated principles likely to undermine the economic, social, or political system of the country, or that he belongs to a foreign political organization, in which case Kuwaiti nationality may be withdrawn from any person who acquired it through affiliation.

6. If he intentionally added to his own nationality file or to that of another person any individual who is not his child or descendant, and this is established through an investigation conducted by the Supreme Committee for Kuwaiti Nationality Affairs, in which case nationality may be withdrawn from any person who acquired it through affiliation.