S TAT E L E S S B Y D E C R E E
A P P E NDIX 4
AP PE N D I X 4 — CO N T I N U ED
EV EN T
D AT E
N U M B ER
A F F EC T ED
2025-06-04
2025-08-18
TA X ON OM Y
‘R A W ’ R EA SON
SOU R C E
OB SER V AT ION S
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NB -tribal
communities
DUAL_NATIONALITY
Tribal communities
Post on X
Decree targeted leaders and
descendents of the Shammar and
Anza tribes, and noted that “largescale campaign that began in August
2024, during which the citizenship of
more than 42,000 people was
revoked.”
365 including 2
deceased
actors
NATIONAL_INTEREST
X / Zaid Benjamin · Media
Kuwait revokes citizenship of two
prominent actors years after their
deaths / Decision raises questions
over why names of artistes who
died years ago appeared on list
Gulf News (UAE) · Media
2024-11-02
2024-11-08
2024-12-12
2024-12-16
2024-12-19
130
individual
UNKNOWN
930
Apparently
individual
UNKNOWN
3043 as a
batch
FRAUD_FORGERY
Instagram post
Article: “The Supreme Committee for
Nationality Affairs said [...] that the
late Abdulmohsen Al Suhaiel and
Abdulrazzaq Ibrahim Al Khalaf had
their Kuwaiti citizenship revoked,
along with that of their dependents.”
Instagram post
Al-Majaliss · Media
Kuwait Revokes Record Number
of 930 Citizenships in One Day
Supreme Committee took decision;
for cabinet to review.
Al-Shargh al-Awsat
DUAL_NATIONALITY
Commission: 3,043 individuals
stripped of Kuwaiti citizenship
LEGAL_POLICY
KUNA · Media
12000 in 3
months / since
August 2024;
batch
DUAL_NATIONALITY
Kuwait Revokes 12,000
Citizenships in Three Months
2899;
batch /
individual
DUAL_NATIONALITY,
FRAUD_FORGERY
FRAUD_FORGERY
LEGAL_POLICY
164 for fraud; 16 via fraud of Article
7, naturalised via the naturalisation
of a non-Kuwaiti husband;
2863 admitted under Article 8 had
dual nationalities of 54 countries
IMI Daily · Media
Article states 2,863 individuals
across 54 countries, per 13
December 2024 announcement
The Supreme Committee for
Nationality Investigation decides
to withdraw and lose Kuwaiti
nationality from 2,899 cases
Of which: 2 for dual nationality;
408 under Art 21 bis A, for false
statements;
2489 under Articles 8 and 13.4
KUNA · Media
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