Kuwait Civil Registration

Kuwait

Civil Registration

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How to Find the Records

Online Records

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages at Findmypast; index & images, ($)
• 1938-1961: registers of births, marriages, and deaths, Great Britain, British Political Agency in Kuwait, civil registration, FamilySearch, images (free)

Offices to Contact

Central Record for Birth and Death Department of the Ministry of Health
Telephone: 24810932
Fax: 24865414

For Marriages:
Authentication Office at Ahmadi Court Complex
5428+GV5, Fahad Al Ahmad, Kuwait

information about various Ministries of Justice in Arab countries

Historical Background

Kuwait was under the control of Portugal from about 1521 and through much of the 1600s. Sheiks were the rulers until 1899 when Kuwait became a British protectorate. In 1961, Kuwait became independent.