Cabinet on Tuesday approved $9.7 million for the procurement of additional equipment for the Guyana passport office in an effort to reduce the waiting time of persons, especially those outside of Guyana, to acquire new passports which at present can take up to five months. Minister of State Joseph Harmon, speaking at his week post-cabinet press conference yesterday, also stated that plans are moving ahead for the decentralization of passport applications and passport delivery.
Listed at number six of the coalition government’s 100-day plan is the establishment of passport and birth certificate licensing offices in Berbice, Essequibo and Linden.
According to the minister, Cabinet took note of the concerns raised by citizens in Guyana and the diaspora about the time it takes to get a