South Sudan To Issue Visas, Not Travel Permits The Minister for Interior Hon Alison Manani Magaya has announced that the process for issuing visas for entry into the Republic South Sudan is being changed from issuance of travel permits to stickers. 28 September 2011 South Sudan To Issue Visas, Not Travel Permits A sample of current travel permits to the Republic of South Sudan [©googleimages]
JUBA, 28 September 2011 - The Minister for Interior Hon Alison Manani Magaya has announced that the process for issuing visas for entry into the Republic South Sudan is being changed from issuance of travel permits to stickers. The minister said that the stickers will be issued at all South Sudan embassies abroad and where there are no embassies, arrangements will be made with other consulates. He also announced that the stickers will also be issued at border points. Hon Magaya also reported that the Ministry is also in the process of creating procedures of issuing entry visas as is the practice in other countries. For instance, he explained that foreigners entering on a visitor’s visa will not be allowed to work but will be expected to obtain work permits and thereafter be issued with a resident’s permit. On the issuance of passports, the minister said that the first generation of passports had mistakes and that the corrections were underway. The new passports were expected to be in place in November this year. He also reported that the machines for processing national ID cards are also expected to come and added that issuance of these documents will be decentralised. He also said that the process of issuing passports will also be decentralised to the States but clarified that the production will be done in Juba. He also explained that the process of issuing diplomatic passports will be very strict to prevent abuse. The minister made these announcements yesterday when he addressed the weekly media forum hosted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The forum was facilitated by the minister for Information and Broadcasting Hon Dr Barnaba Marial Benjamin. The Deputy Minister for Information and Broadcasting Hon Atem Yak Atem and the Acting Undersecretary Mr Mustafa Biong Majak also attended the forum. Source: goss.org Posted in: Home -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
