The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) has mandated that property owners and homeowners verify that no fictitious individuals are registered at their residential addresses. This measure aims to ensure that only legitimate residents are listed and to remove any incorrect registrations. Jaber Al-Kandari, Deputy Director General for Registration Affairs at PACI, stated that property owners will need to provide their fingerprints when requesting the removal of non-residing individuals from their address records. This procedure is designed to validate requests and ensure the accuracy of residential data.

Al-Kandari also outlined the procedure for addressing fines related to incorrect address registrations. Once an address is deleted and the names are published in the Kuwait Al-Youm (Kuwait Today) newspaper, there is a 30-day period for the concerned person or head of the family to register their new address without incurring a fine. After this period, a 15-day reconciliation period is allowed, during which a fine of 20 dinars will be imposed for late address changes. Property owners must visit PACI with proof of property ownership, such as the house document, to request deletions. Similarly, individuals whose addresses have been deleted must submit their new residential address within 30 days, along with relevant documentation such as the lease contract or house document.

Following the activation of Article 33 of PACI’s establishment law, which imposes a fine of 100 dinars for failing to report changes in civil information, the demand for appointments to process “change of residential address” transactions has surged, resulting in a wait period exceeding 15 days.

To address this backlog, PACI plans to open external centers and possibly call employees to work on weekends. This initiative aims to expedite the processing of transactions and allow individuals to reconcile their address changes within the specified period, thereby avoiding the higher fine of 100 dinars. These measures are part of PACI’s ongoing efforts to maintain accurate civil information records and ensure compliance with residency registration regulations.