Kuwait City: Expatriates in distress due to delay in granting civil ID. The woes of the expatriate community are compounded by the delay caused by the Public Authority for Civil Information in issuing civil IDs to the expatriates. Every time a resident checks the status of the Civil ID on the Civil Information Authority website, the reply is 'Civil ID card still processing'.

Expatriates are still living in a world of technological development, digital transformation and artificial intelligence. It is not even clear when the IDs will be available. Civil Information Authority is delaying without any reason. It is interesting to note that neighboring countries are completing these procedures within minutes without visiting government agencies.