The Ministry of Citizen-ship will be taking immigration services to regions Two and Seven in 2018, even as work to construct buildings to facilitate passport processing will commence in New Amsterdam and Linden as early as this weekend.
This was related by Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix during budget debate on Wednesday, when he also announced that by next year, the ministry will begin purchasing equipment to allow passports to be processed online.
The minister said that the ministry hopes to begin construction of immigration service buildings in Mabaruma (Region Two) and Bartica (Region Seven) by the end of next year.
Felix further stated that ….
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