Can I use an expired passport to go home to get my passport renewed?
I am a Ghanaian currently working in Kuwait and my passport will expire on March 31, 2015 but my residency will expire in 2016.
I want to go to Ghana in July 2015 to renew my passport, but by then my passport will have expired.
Can I travel with it and get it renewed without any problem?
Best Answer
You cannot travel with an expired passport. Once a passport expires, it is no longer a valid travel document (even if it contains a valid visa).
As there is no Ghanaian foreign mission in Kuwait, you need to contact the Ghanaian Embassy in Saudi Arabia to renew your passport.
Once you have renewed your passport, you need to transfer your Kuwait residency from your old (expired) passport to the new one. This is done at the passports department ("jawazat") for the governorate of your residency.
If you choose not to do this transfer, make sure you carry both your new and old passports with you when you enter into Kuwait. The immigration officer will need to see your old residency page (as the information in the immigration system is linked to the passport number). The officer will then stamp on your old passport, indicating that you need to transfer the residency to your new passport. Once this stamp is affixed to your old passport, you must transfer the residency and will no longer be allowed to travel on your old passport into Kuwait.
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