The Ministry of Public Telecommunications will be working with the Ministry of Citizenship for a more effective passport application system.
Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes, told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) would be used to make the process easier.
Hughes said that the ministries are working together so that persons would not only have the passport forms but would be able to fill them up up online and then the staff at the Passport Office would be able to view that form to ensure all the necessary information is provided.
“The end result is that the whole process that you would have had to come down to the passport office, line up, take a number and sit there for five hours. Not forgetting that unfortunately we have people not from Georgetown but as we saw recently people from Berbice, Essequibo, that come down and waste and all those hours waiting to be able to get there to hand over their form,” Hughes explained.
Hughes said that part of her Ministry’s vision, is to set up a system where more of the stages for the passport application can be done online.
