Immigration News

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 [...]