{"id":1867,"date":"2025-01-15T12:03:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2025-01-15T12:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:03:05","slug":"over-150000-expats-and-16000-kuwaitis-yet-to-complete-biometric-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/2025\/01\/15\/over-150000-expats-and-16000-kuwaitis-yet-to-complete-biometric-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 150,000 Expats and 16,000 Kuwaitis Yet to Complete Biometric Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 150,000 expatriates, 16,000 Kuwaiti citizens, and 70,000 Bedouns have yet to complete their biometric fingerprint registration, as per a security source. The Ministry of Interior continues its efforts by operating biometric registration centers across all six governorates, with participation steadily rising.<\/p><p>The source revealed that 45% of unregistered Kuwaitis include expatriates, diplomats, students, and individuals avoiding legal action due to financial or criminal cases. Similarly, some expatriates remain unregistered due to issues like absconding or other violations.<\/p><p>The Ministry commended citizens and residents who have complied with the biometric initiative, describing it as a vital national project aimed at enhancing security. The biometric system plays a crucial role in preventing passport fraud, identifying wanted individuals, and creating a secure electronic database for those entering Kuwait. Since its launch last year, the program has significantly strengthened security measures while streamlining processes for both residents and citizens.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 150,000 expatriates, 16,000 Kuwaiti citizens, and 70,000 Bedouns have yet to complete their biometric fingerprint registration, as per a security source. The Ministry of Interior continues its efforts by operating biometric registration centers across all six governorates, with participation steadily rising. The source revealed that 45% of unregistered Kuwaitis include expatriates, diplomats, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kuwait-en"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1869,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867\/revisions\/1869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}