Immigration To Speed Up Passport Delivery This Week
The Department of Immigration has declared that from Monday through Friday, all passport application centers will expedite passport delivery.
The department announced in a notice that Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Embu, Nakuru, Kisii, and Kericho will all be the locations of the exercise.
The agency is advising applicants to take advantage of the exercise and pick up their documents if they have received information that their passports are available for pickup.
“We have set aside May 13 to May 18 to expedite passport issue at all passport application centers nationwide in an effort to improve passport issuance. It is recommended that applicants make use of the exercise if they have received word that their passports are available for pickup, according to the announcement.
The decision was issued just a few days after the agency declared that regular passport issuance operations had resumed following the successful resolution of system outages in its application and collection processes.
Following last week’s technological issues that impacted passport application, receipt, and collection services, the department suspended passport application and collection services.
Following last week’s technological issues that impacted passport application, receipt, and collection services, the department suspended passport application and collection services.
By April 22, the government had taken a number of steps to address the backlog that had accumulated as a result of the outage. In order to expedite passport printing, new printers were bought, and unpaid supplier payments were swiftly settled.
To guarantee efficient processing, supply chain concerns have been resolved, according to the department. We are happy to notify all of our clients that passport issuance has returned to its regular schedule. It read, “We appreciate your understanding and patience throughout the outage.
Many Kenyans who have been waiting for passport services during the over 48-hour stoppage may find solace at the announcement.
Engineers have been sent to I from Professor Kithure Kindiki, Cabinet Secretary for Internal Affairs.
Only a few weeks had passed since the successful purchase of two brand-new passport printing devices, which have already been delivered and installed at Nairobi’s Nyayo House.
Kenyans would find it simpler to obtain registration paperwork with the new passports and digital IDs, according to Prof. Julius Bitok, Principal Secretary for Immigration and Citizenship.
Additionally, he stated that within the same time period, the e-Citizen platform will produce an average of Sh1 billion in revenue each day due to the increased creation of the documents.
According to the strategic upgrades and financial commitments we have made to our essential personal registration and documentation systems, we think there are achievable goals, Prof. Bitok stated. The increased output is based on the new machines’ combined printing capacity of 600 passports per hour, which is approximately twice the 533,000 passports produced in 2023.
It is anticipated that their implementation will cut the processing time for passports to fewer than 14 working days.
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Immigration To Speed Up Passport Delivery This Week
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