In a striking development that underscores Kuwait’s intensified scrutiny of nationality claims, authorities have uncovered a complex citizenship forgery scheme involving multiple generations of one family, leading to mass citizenship revocations and criminal charges. The case, which began not with a routine audit but with a domestic dispute and alimony complaint, has revealed how forged nationality documents were used to obtain Kuwaiti citizenship and the legal, social and institutional fallout that followed.
What started with a Gulf woman’s alimony complaint against her ex-husband prompted investigators in the Citizenship Investigation Department to discover that the man was presenting himself as a Kuwaiti national when in fact, he had fraudulently obtained citizenship based on forged lineage. The falsification, reports said, traced back to his deceased father and grandfather and extended to other family members whose nationality claims were similarly fabricated.
