By Yiep Joseph<\/p>\n
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Government is set to resume the issuance of passports and nationality certificates after a month-long disruption caused by a breakdown of production machines.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In August, authorities halted the issuance of the documents due system breakdown.<\/p>\n During a press briefing on Friday, Maj. Gen. Simon Majur Pabek, Director for the Civil Registry, Nationality, Passport, and Immigration, announced that the system has been restored.<\/p>\n He confirmed that production will resume as normal starting Monday, September 23rd, but only for regular passports and Nationality certificates.<\/p>\n Maj. Gen. Pabek said that diplomatic passports will not be issued yet, stating that the focus will be on processing standard passports and nationality certificates for citizens.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have been without printing for three or four weeks; the system was down, the machine was having a technical issue, and now it has been fit and printing will resume normally,\u201d Majur said.<\/p>\n Gen. Majur expressed that a team of experts has been working hard to ensure that the system is restored and printing resumes.<\/p>\n He, however, revealed that the passport booklets could not be enough as many people have already applied.<\/p>\n \u201cI would like to notify the public that the passports we receive are still limited with the numbers that apply,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He revealed that the immigration office would focus on helping students and those travelling for studies due to the limited booklets.<\/p>\n \u201cDue to the limited quantity, we have received, we are going to give priorities to applicants with urgent medical referrals, students admitted to foreign countries and international employees,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He added that still the country has not secured diplomatic passports.<\/p>\n \u201cIn a similar note, diplomatic passports are not available, and we urge government officials to use the special and official passports that are currently available,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The director revealed that many people continued to apply in the previous years and did not get their documents; hence, there is a huge accumulation.<\/p>\n He added the recent number of booklets received could not even manage to settle all the applicants in the system.<\/p>\n \u201cThese issues of there being no passport have been going on for some time, I think since 2021, and for that reason, there is a high level of accumulation for applying but did not receive the passport whatever the reason, so we get a big number around 50,000 in the system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He mentioned that there are approximately 20,000 booklets available, but acknowledged that they may not be sufficient for everyone.<\/p>\n The director expressed hope that the government would soon develop strategies to end such a problem of shortage of booklets.<\/p>\n The last-month breakdown has led to a growing backlog of applications, further exacerbating the frustration among South Sudanese.<\/p>\n The department has been grappling with systemic issues for years, including financial troubles and disputes with international partners.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Yiep Joseph Government is set to resume the issuance of passports and nationality certificates after a month-long disruption caused by a breakdown of production machines. 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