The Indian Embassy in Kuwait has officially announced a temporary restriction on its consular, passport, and visa operations, limiting services strictly to emergency cases until July 9, 2026. During this period, the Indian Consular Application Centres (ICAC) will remain closed, and standard requests such as routine passport renewals, attestations, and regular visa processing have been suspended. Individuals requiring urgent assistance must visit the embassy’s Consular Wing between 9:00 am and 12:00 pm, where they will be required to present verifiable documentation to prove the nature of their emergency.

Eligible emergency services during this window include the issuance of Tatkal passports, NRI certificates, emergency certificates, and short-validity passports for those facing civil ID expiration. This update follows a clarification from the Ministry of External Affairs, which confirmed that while outsourcing operations have been temporarily paused in Kuwait, Australia, and the UAE, the missions remain operational for critical matters. The embassy has advised the public to monitor its official social media channels for further developments and to ignore unofficial sources of information.