The Kuwaiti ministry of interior which has declared an amnesty is set to begin on Monday for the expatriate workers who did not possess residency permits or those with expired residency permits, to rectify their status or leave the country.

The amnesty will continue until February 22, said official in Dhaka and Kuwait city.

Bangladesh embassy in Kuwait in a statement has urged the undocumented Bangladeshis staying in Kuwait to avail the opportunities either to return home or get them legalize by paying little fines during the amnesty period without facing major penalty.

Counselor and chief of Bangladesh mission in Kuwait Md Anisuzzaman said that those Bangladeshis who want to return home would have to communicate with Bangladesh embassy with copies of passport or national ID, or birth registration certificate from local chairmen and two passport sixe photos.

‘Those who leave the country during this amnesty will londontoto be allowed to enter Kuwait again if they meet the regular conditions of entry and if they were not banned from entry for another reason,’ said the statement of Bangladesh embassy.

The statement also said that the residency violators who are banned from travelling or subjected to court cases should visit the Residency Affairs Department to discuss the possibility of getting a valid visa during the amnesty period, the decree stated.

If an illegal resident is caught during the amnesty period, he or she will be deported immediately. Residency violators who don’t leave the country during the amnesty period would have to, not only face legal penalties, but also denial of valid visa, deportation and denial of re-entry into Kuwait.

Kuwait has been recruiting Bangladeshis since 1976 and about 5.90 lakh Bangladeshis have gone to work in Kuwait, according to record of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training.

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