Kuwaiti passport

Kuwaiti passport
The front cover of a Kuwaiti biometric passport
TypePassport
Issued by Kuwait
First issued1920 (Sheikhdom of Kuwait)

1961 (State of Kuwait) 1998(Machine Readable )

2017 (current version with biometric chip )
PurposeIdentification
EligibilityKuwaiti citizenship
Expiration5 years

10 years (30 years and older)

6 months (Article 17 or Stateless passport)
Cost5 years Validity 3KD 10 years Validity 6KD

The Kuwaiti passport (Arabic: جواز السفر الكويتي) is a passport document issued to citizens of Kuwait for international travel.