The Ministry of Home Affairs today announced that a new passport with upgraded security features will be issued from Monday.
The press statement from the ministry follows:
The Ministry of Home Affairs wishes to refer to the 2014 End of Year Address made by the Honourable Minister of Home Affairs on 31st December 2014 at the Guyana Police Force Officers Training Centre, Kingston, Georgetown.
In that address the Minister indicated that a contract was signed with Canadian Bank Note Company Limited (CBN) to upgrade the security features of Guyana’s Machine-Readable Passports in order to safeguard the integrity of the documents.
The Minister also indicated that the issuance of the new passports would commence in 2015 and the old passports would be gradually phased out.
The Ministry of Home Affairs is happy to report that the process of upgrading the passports has been completed to the satisfaction of the Ministry and issuance of the new documents will commence with effect from Monday 30th March 2015.
This project is part of the Government of Guyana’s plan to continually improve border security in Guyana.
