Getting a visit visa is more complicated than getting a tourist visa, but here are the details anyway! You can get a visit visa 90 days before you use it, but once you enter Kuwait, it's only valid for 30 days (and if you overstay you have to pay a hefty 10 Kd per day!). A visit visa costs 3 KD, but you don't have to pay anything when you actually enter the country. You can get a visit visa for a business visitor or for a relatve. It should take only 2 days to process. To get a business visit visa, you need:

• Visa application and security form completed by the sponsor
• Copy of visitor's passport
• Copy of sponsor's signature (as registered for business purposes)
• Copy of letter of invitation from the sponsor to the business visitor stating purpose of the visit

To get a relative a visit visa, you need:

• Visa application and security from completed by the foreign resident who's sponsoring the relative
• Copy of visitor's passport
• Original and copy of sponsor's passport, civil ID and work permit
• Recent salary certificate from sponsor's employer (min.450 KD for public sector employee and min. 650 KD for private sector employee)
• Authenticated proof of family relationship 

Usually a visitor goes to a Kuwaiti embassy to get his visa processed and passport stamped before travelling to Kuwait. But a Kuwaiti sponsor can use a faxed copy of the visitor's passport to get the visa in Kuwait. The sponsor will then fax the visa copy back to the visitor, enabling him to travel to Kuwait, and meets him at the airport with the original visa. There's a special counter set up in airport just for this.

Hotels also get visitors visit visas, but they obviously expect you to stay at their hotel if you use this service!