Immigration News

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration Public Notice The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration hereby informs the public of the relocation of its San Pedro office. The ministry will relocate from Coconut Drive (Upper Flat) to its new location at 13A Wings Plaza, Units 4, 5 and 6, Coconut Drive. The current office on Coconut Drive (Upper Flat) will be closed on Thursday, 2 nd March 2023, and Friday, 3rd March 2023. The office will re-open at its new location on Tuesday, 7th March 2023, at 8:00 a.m. per normal working hours. The ministry apologizes for any inconvenience caused. For more information visit our website at www.immigration.gov.bz Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration 27th February 2023

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration Public Notice The Nationality and Passports Department and Border Management and Immigration Services hereby informs that the cashier in Belmopan will be closed at 12 noon on Thursday March 31st, 2022, in connection with the closure of the financial year 2021/2022. Please note the cashier will resume operations at normal working hours @ 8:00 am on Friday April 1, 2022. Please be reminded that the office will be available for customer inquiries and any other non-cashier-related matters. We apologize for any inconveniences caused. Thank you. Chief Executive Officer Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration 30th March 2022

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration Public Notice Please be informed that the Department of Border Management & Immigration Services, the Department of Refugees and the Department of Nationality & Passports of the Ministry of Foreign affairs, Foreign Trade & Immigration located on Mountain View Boulevard, Belmopan City will be temporarily closed for sanitization on Tuesday 11th January 2022 and Wednesday 12th January 2022. The office will re-open on Thursday 13th January 2022, at 8:00 am as per normal. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Thank you. Chief Executive Officer Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration 10th January 2022

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration Public Notice The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration hereby informs the general public that effective Thursday 17th June, 2021 all Immigration Offices (Refugees, Nationality and Passports, and Border Management and Immigration Service) adjusted opening hours will be Monday to Thursday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Fridays 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM. Cashier Service will be open on Monday to Thursday from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM and on Fridays 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM offering continuous service through lunch. Please access the forms section at https://immigration.gov.bz/forms for downloadable application forms, and information on all the service we provide. Thank you. Management Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration 15th June 2021

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration At a brief ceremony held on Thursday, 10th June 2021 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration in Belmopan, H.E. David Kuan-Chou Chien, Taiwan’s Ambassador to Belize, handed over a donation of 5,000 face masks and 500 isolation gowns to Hon. Ramon Cervantes, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration. The donation will be used by officers of the Border Management and Immigration Services Department and the Nationality and Passports Department. Witness at the handing over was Mrs. Debra Estrada, Director of Border Management and Immigration Services. The Ministry thanks our strategic partner, the Embassy of Taiwan in continuously working with us to become a modern, proficient, Immigration organization which contributes to the sustainable development of Belize by providing world class border protection and travel facilitation services. [...]

PRESS RELEASE (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) IOM Belize signs agreement with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration to support document digitization exercise. Belize City, 10 March 2021 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Belize signed an Implementation Agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration to support the Department of Nationality and Passports Records Management Unit (RMU) under the framework of the Western Hemisphere Program (WHP). The WHP is a regional project funded by the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) that aims to strengthen the personal capacities of governments and civil society actors to manage migration in a sustainable and humane manner. One of the fundamental functions of the Nationality and Passports Department, is the replacement of lost, mutilated, or damaged, Permanent Residence and Nationality Certificates. The present state of records dating as far back as the 1970s [...]