Ministry of Home Affairs receives 6 065 new passports

Contributed by NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 15 OCT (NAMPA) – The Ministry of Home Affairs has received a total of 6 065 passports after they were out of stock for the past six months.
Addressing a media briefing here Tuesday, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration, Maureen Hinda-Mbuende said the passports received consist of 2 064 ordinary and 4 001 brown passports.
She added that the validity of the new passports are for a 10-year period and that for those that are under 21 years of age, it will remain at five years be ...