The Nationality Investigations Department has completed a detailed probe into a citizenship application submitted in 1980 under Law No. 100 of 1980, according to Al-Rai daily. A Kuwaiti citizen had requested to add two individuals as his sons, providing statements, documents and testimonies that later proved false. DNA testing unavailable at the time of the original grant confirmed the fraud when combined with archival reviews, the department’s assessment found. The two principal figures were granted citizenship at ages 35 and 33 based on the misrepresented information.
Census data reviewed by the department showed the two names matched first names listed under a Bedoun individual’s file in 1975. In the 1980 census conducted after the citizenship approval, the pair appeared registered as Kuwaitis and had been removed from the original Bedoun family record. The department established that the 1980 application relied on inaccurate age declarations and certificates since genetic verification was not an option then. This chain of discrepancies triggered the full investigation after new information surfaced several months ago.
A total of 107 individuals secured Kuwaiti citizenship through the same file, the department’s tally listed, including 76 born in 1945 and 31 born in 1947. The findings prompted two official decrees that revoked citizenship for 11 people linked to the case. Al-Rai daily reported that the revocations address the verified irregularities identified in the historical records.
The Nationality Investigations Department operates under the Ministry of Interior, which has pursued similar reviews of past naturalizations when evidence of misrepresentation emerges. Public Authority for Civil Information data has placed Kuwait’s expatriate and stateless populations in the millions over recent decades, adding weight to scrutiny of citizenship claims. Earlier ministry actions have focused on cross-checking documentation against census archives to maintain registry accuracy.
Investigators examined e-paper records and additional archival sources to reconstruct the sequence of events from the 1980 application forward. The department confirmed no legitimate parentage link existed between the Kuwaiti applicant and the two individuals at the center of the file. No further details on the current whereabouts or specific nationalities of those affected have been released in the announcement.
