New Director vows to clear 300,000+ passport application backlog within a yearThe Ethiopian Immigration Service (EIS) has placed the country’s largest passport order in years – a whopping 1.5 million new documents from manufacturers in Paris. Newly-appointed director general Selamawit Dawit, who replaced scandal-plagued former officials just one month ago, vows to clear the whole backlog within the next fiscal year. Selamawit said the agency has prioritized resolving problems, starting with issuing passports to Ethiopians abroad. “The government has now provided adequate forex allocation,” Selamawit stated, declining to disclose procurement costs for the 1.5 million documents. But we are determined to resolve all issues and ensure every citizen can access passports as their right.”

Source: Ethiopian News September 09, 2023 09:04 UTC