The decision regarding the opening of family visit visa may come soon with new conditions, local daily Kuwait Times reported. According to daily, the visa may open by December this year with new conditions such as increased fee and health insurance.

Quoting sources, the daily added that the health insurance fee could reach up to KD 500 and the visit period can’t exceed one month. Visit visa fee could increase by 100 percent from the earlier fee.

Visa will be granted to close relatives only and the applicant promises that a visitor leaves the country immediately after the end of the visit period. If they do not leave, the resident who applied for their visa will be legally accountable and subjected to financial and administrative punishment, reports added.

The new regulations for granting visit visa will be submitted to the Minister of Interior in the coming period for his final approval, reports indicated.