Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix says he is focused on not only decentralising the process for the issuance of passports but also on moving towards enabling online applications.
According to Felix, the aim now is to “take advantage of technology,” which is expected to see a decrease in crowds at the Central Immigration and Passport Office in Georgetown and the long waiting time that most applicants endure.
“That is why I am saying that… once the E-Governance system gets rolling, the intention is to just make sure that we can take the services to the areas, which technology can facilitate, so that in Georgetown and let’s say Berbice, where the need is