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Passport fees to stay the same, no increase at this time announces Minister of Immigration

Posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2022. 9:27 pm CST.

By Aaron Humes, Belmopan: Belizeans rejoice!

Cooler heads apparently prevailed, at least for now, on the issue of potentially lifting the price of a passport.

After Cabinet discussion, according to Immigration Minister Senator Eamon Courtenay, it was agreed to keep the standard fifty-dollar price per passport for at least the near future.

He told his colleagues in the Senate on Monday morning: “We have been getting a lot of questions. It is not the intention of the government to change the fees for applications, renewals, etcetera of the new passports at this time. People have been asking because it was put to Cabinet that we should increase the fees. That is not the intention of the government at this time. I just wanted to clarify that for public consumption.”

And outside the National Assembly, he told reporters that “now is not the best time to make those changes so the fees will continue at this time, but would not rule out an increase in the future: “Yes, I suspect it will increase at some point but certainly not this year.”

Those whose passports are still active need not change them for the new ones until the old ones expire.

 

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