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28 March 2024

Schengen-style GCC visa to benefit 35 countries: Kuwait

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Gulf hydrocarbon producers are planning to introduce a collective entry visa similar to the 25-nation European Schengen visa and the plan will benefit 35 nationalities, according to a Kuwaiti official.

The new visa is intended to promote tourism and business within the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), said Samira Al Ghareeb, Assistant Undersecretary for Tourism at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Trade.

She told the Saudi daily ‘Al Eqtisadiah’ that plans for a “unified tourism visa” are being considered by the interior ministries in the GCC members— the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman.

“The unified visa targets 35 nationalities from Arab and foreign countries who are frequent visitors to the GCC. It will also be granted to expatriates working in the GCC countries provided they do not use it as a work visa,” she said.

Ghareeb did not identify those nationalities.

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