Passport generation at the Central Passport Office at Camp Road, Georgetown has been interrupted due to the incorrect lamination reel being procured and plans are afoot to rectify the issue, Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix told Stabroek News.
Felix yesterday explained that the issue was identified earlier this week after supplies of the original lamination reel ran out.
“We had noticed that the small lamination was about to finish and an order was put in to replenish the stock. However, the supplier delivered a larger reel that can’t work on the systems we have because it doesn’t match,” the minister explained.
This issue affects the production of passports since the main page of the passport, which contains biographical information of the holder, is laminated.
The supplier, he noted, has since been contacted and asked to correct the order. No timeline was disclosed as to when this issue will be ironed out.
Further it was disclosed that only the Central Passport Office has been affected but Felix cautioned that other offices might experience an interruption if their supplies were used up before the correct order is supplied.
