Kuwait, March 20 -- Kuwait is considering granting the citizenship to expat wife of a Kuwaiti after 18 years of marriage, local media reported.

In this regard, the government of Kuwait submitted a draft law amending Article 8 of Amiri Decree No. 15/1959.

Under the proposed amendments, an ex-pat woman who married a Kuwaiti man will not automatically become a Kuwaiti citizen unless she declares her desire to do so to the minister of the interior and maintains legal residency in Kuwait for a period of 18 years from the date of marriage.

The minister of interior may also prevent her from obtaining Kuwaiti nationality if he deems it necessary.

As per a report by Arab Times, if a woman's marriage ends due to death or divorce and she has a s...