Hardap Immigration Service Pty

23/11/2022

SMS notification for Namibian Passport application

12/05/2021

15/10/2019

Die aanvanklike voorraad groen paspoortboekies is gister ontvang. Volgens die adjunk-minister van binnelandse sake en immigrasie me. Maureen Hinda-Mbuende sal bykomende hulpbronne ontplooi word om hangende paspoortaansoeke binne vier tot ses weke te verwerk.Volgens Hinda-Mbuende behoort die uitreikperiode van aansoek tot uitreik teen middel-Desember weer drie tot tien werksdae te wees.

02/09/2019

Ombudsman clarifies re-entry requirements


AFFECTED holders of Permanent Resident Permits (PRP) are informed that they do not have to be in possession of a re-entry visa, unless it is required by the country they are visiting.
Spokesperson in the office of the Ombudsman, Aurelia David, said their office is inundated on a regular basis with complaints and enquiries from Namibian PRP holders.
These complaints, she said, mostly include the requirement to be in possession of a re-entry visa, as well as the renewal of the said visa, at a cost to the permit holder every two years.
“This serves as a guarantee to the said country that the individual will and is allowed to return to Namibia after their visit. In such a case, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration on request of the PRP holder will issue such a visa upon payment of the prescribed fees,” she said.
David added that the ministry will further inform all the ports of entry in order to avoid any inconveniences.
“The Ombudsman therefore advises PRP holders that there is no need to apply for re-entry visas unless they are required to have one by the country, which they plan on visiting,” concluded David.

Re-entry visa not needed: Photo for illustration.

28/07/2019

Passport validity extended to ten years

Eba Kandovazu
NAMIBIANS will enjoy the benefits that come with prolonged passport validity, as cabinet earlier this week authorised the increase of the validity of three categories of passports from five years to ten years.
Information Minister Stanley Simataa announced at a media briefing this afternoon that the extension period applies to the national passports, diplomatic and official passports.
The home affairs ministry recently received backlash from the public for a lack of passport issuing, due to a lack of the usual green passport books.
The ministry announced in May that it is experiencing a low stock of blank passport books, and that it would give priority to students studying abroad, as well as business people.
As such, brown passports have instead been issued as an alternative.
The brown books are, however, not recognised in European countries and countries in the Americas.
Namibia now joins countries like India, whose passport periods expire in ten years upon issuing.

SCARCE: Namibian passports – Photo: Contributed