The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is urging persons to check with the office where they applied for registration to enquire about the availability of their identification cards and to ensure that they uplift them as soon as possible.
In a statement yesterday, GECOM said it is committed to producing and issuing National Identification Cards to first-time registrants within the shortest possible time. However, it is not unusual for this process to be delayed a bit due to the need to routinely conduct the crossmatching of the relevant fingerprints to check for multiple registration.
In this regard, providing that there are no issues with an applicant’s registration transaction, an Identification Card would be produced at no later than six weeks from the time of the application.
GECOM said that it is also important to note that existing registrants who apply for changes/corrections to their registration records or a replacement ID Card can check with the Registration Office within two weeks of their application to uplift their ID card. A full list of contact numbers for all the GECOM Registration Offices can be accessed on the website at https://gecom.org.gy/public/home/contact.
The ongoing registration exercise will end on 30th November, 2023, and GECOM said that all eligible persons are reminded to visit the GECOM Registration Office responsible for the area where they live to apply for registration.
During this registration exercise, any person who will be 14 years and older by the 31st December, 2023, and is a Guyanese citizen by birth, descent, naturalization, or registration, or is a citizen from a Commonwealth country living in Guyana for one year or more, can apply for registration, providing he/she was never registered.
Existing registrants who want to update their records such as to correct or change their names, date of birth, occupation, and update their addresses are advised that those transactions would also be facilitated during this exercise.
For further information, persons are asked to visit GECOM’s website at www.gecom.org.gy, follow it on Facebook at Guyana Elections Commission, or call 225-0277-9, or 223-9653.
