Region 1, 2 residents can now apply for, uplift passports in Anna Regina

The Central Immigration and Passport Office has announced that persons residing in Regions One (Barima-Waini) and Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) can now make applications for and uplift their passports at the Immigration and Passport Office in Region Two.

In a notice issued by the Guyana Police Force on Monday, it was stated that the Immigration and Passport Office is located at the Anna Regina Police Station compound.
According to the notice, passport applications will be accepted from 07:00h to 12:00h and passports will be issued from 09:00h to 11:00h.
The GPF reminded that when applying for a new passport for the reason of a “filled” or expired passport, or a change of name by way of marriage, divorce, or deed poll, persons need a completed application form, old passport, one passport size photograph, $6000 application fee and in the case of persons doing a name change – the original and a photocopy of the name change document such as deed poll, marriage certificate, or divorce absolute.
According to the notice, persons applying for a passport for the first time, or who may be applying to replace a lost or misplaced passport will need to have their national identification card in their possession when making such an application.
The notice also stated that in the event that one does not have a national identification card, such a person’s parent, a sibling who is 18 years or older, or legally married spouse can identify him or her. Similarly, the person who recommended the applicant can also identify him or her. On all occasions, the person identifying the applicant must be in possession of his/her national identification card and birth certificate and accompany the applicant to the Immigration and Passport Office where the identification process will be conducted in the presence of the immigration officials.
Only last week, Deputy Chief Immigration Officer Dennis Stephens made a call for persons to utilise the regional passport offices located in Linden and Berbice. This, he noted, is due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that the central office is currently accommodating 100 persons on a daily basis.
Earlier this year, the Central Immigration and Passport Office in Camp Street, Georgetown, recorded a major hike in traffic.
Stephens had explained back then that the reason for the heavy traffic is that many persons were not utilising the regional passport offices located in Linden and Berbice.
Additionally, Stephens highlighted that even though the central office would have stipulated 100 persons per day, it is flexible, depending on the individual’s situation. Persons would come in two batches. The first 50 from 07:00h and the second batch from 11:00h.
“Depending on the geographic location, we would accept persons. And depending on persons’ situation, we take into consideration. Persons use their passports to conduct business and also have to travel, so we would take into consideration. Even though we would have indicated earlier that we’re taking in 100, it is not cast in stone,” he indicated.