Update Name On Civil ID and Residency

Ministry of Interior, Kuwait Cancelled Printing of residency stickers on Passports, so all your information will be printed on your Civil ID which will be used while travelling to prove your Residency in Kuwait.

The Name on your civil id should match your name on your passport, if the name is not matched you will be not allowed travel.

After the rule came into existence so many complained of having wrong spellings on their civil id.  To correct your name on Civil DI first you should correct name from immigration, once your name is updated in residency , the same name would reflect on Civil ID

 

Please find the steps below to update your name on residency on MOI website.

 

Step 1 – Please Visit  https://www.moi.gov.kw/main/ 

– Click on E Services

– Click on General Department of Residency

– Click on Renew Residency

– Select individual

 

It will  redirect to login page , login with your credentials if you don’t have please register account

 

Step 2 – After you login you will find all your family members under you sponsorship ,

– Click on change latin name on the family member you want to update name according to passport

Step3 – Form to update your name according to passport in MOI website

In the below form , it will show present name according to residency and it will allow you to update name according to passport

 

You need to upload following documents

Civil ID Front Copy

Civil ID Backside Copy

Passport Copy

Once you upload required documents click submit, then you will get a code please keep it safe

 

Step 4 – Checking status of name update request

 

Please visit the link https://eservices2.moi.gov.kw/DataUpdate.nsf/RequestStatus?OpenForm&LangID=2

Enter your Civil ID and pass code to check status

 

If there are any mistakes or if we miss any details please let us know